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Corollary: Existence of Parallel Straight Lines

(related to Proposition: 1.16: The Exterior Angle Is Greater Than Either of the Non-Adjacent Interior Angles)

If the segments \(\overline{BA}\) and \(\overline{CF}\) used to prove the proposition 1.16 were extended to straight lines \(BA\) and \(CF\), those straight lines could not meet at any finite distance. In other words, they are parallel.

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1. Callahan, Daniel: "Euclid’s 'Elements' Redux" 2014

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1. Casey, John: "The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid"