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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Prove that the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a triangle is 180°

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's a postulate

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Proof 1 Construct a line through B parallel to AC. Angle DBA is equal to CAB because they are a pair of alternate interior angle. The same reasoning goes with the alternate interior angles EBC and ACB. alternate interior angles

myininaya (myininaya):

You could take a triangle. Do some rotations,reflections, and/or translations to lay the 3 angles on one line to show the sum of the angles equal 180 degrees.

myininaya (myininaya):

That is the most elementary proof you will ever get.

myininaya (myininaya):

That I can think of...lol.

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