• @qarbone
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    139 hours ago

    Why do the labeled angles prevent us from assuming straight lines?

    • @[email protected]
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      38 hours ago

      Because the angles aren’t represented accurately. It could be that the two angles that look like they’re 90° add up to 180°, but they could also not

    • @[email protected]
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      -28 hours ago

      Because the apparently straight lines contradict the labels. As drawn, the unlabeled bottom vertices are clearly 90°, not 80° and 100°. We must either conclude that the labels are incorrect, or that the figure is not drawn to scale. Either way, it’s insoluble.