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Plane Geometry - Bruce E. Shapiro

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166 SECTION 32. THE EUCLIDEAN PARALLEL POSTULATEBy Wallis’ Postulate there exists a point T such that △P RS ∼ △P QT .Since ∠P QT = ∠P RS = 90 then T ∈ l.Since ∠QP T = ∠RP S then T ∈ n.Hence n ∩ l ≠ ∅ and therefore n ̸‖ l. Thus we must reject the RAAhypothesis and conclude that n = m, i.e., the parallel line is unique. ThusWallis’ Postulate ⇒ the Euclidean Parallel Postulate.« CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. Revised: 18 Nov 2012

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