• switchboard_pete@fedia.io
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    14 hours ago

    the answers here assume that the base is a continuous, straight line

    given one of the angles on the left triangle is a right angle on the diagram, but 80 if you calculate it, you can’t assume that

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      12 hours ago

      This is a standard way to draw geometric proofs, it’s not at all unreasonable to assume straight lines and unrepresentative angles.

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          11 hours ago

          This was certainly not my experience in high school. An unlabelled angle could never be assumed. Only angles marked with a square could be taken as right angles.