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The value of x (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

This is a standard way to draw geometric proofs, it's not at all unreasonable to assume straight lines alongside unrepresentative angles. It's certainly still an assumption, but a conventional one.