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Is it possible to trisect any angle using a compass and straightedge?
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Is it possible to trisect any angle using only a compass and straightedge?
True
Is it possible to trisect any given angle using a straightedge and compass?
No, and the proof was provided by Wantzel in 1837.
Is it possible to trisect a right angle using only straightedge and compass?
Yes and the trisections will form 4 angles of 22.5
It is not possible to trisect any angle using only a compass and straight edge?
It is indeed impossible to trisect an angle using only a [pair of] compass[es] and a straight edge.It is in fact possible:1) measure the angle2) divide this measure by three3) measure the angle found in part (2) inward from the outer edge of the main angle4) use the straight edge to draw the trisectorsit is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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