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An Elementary Proof of Morley's Trisector Theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

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Morley's theorem states that if ABC be any triangle, and if those trisectors of the angles B and C adjacent to BC meet in L, and M, N be similarly constructed, then the triangle LMN is equilateral.

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1944

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