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To trisect a right angle form an equilateral triangle with one vertex at the right angle and then bisect that angle of the equilateral triangle.

(It is impossible to trisect a general angle using only compass and straight edge - the right angle is a specific exception.)

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Q: When you trisect a right angle you first construct what kind of triangle?
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