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The Fallacy of the Figure in Geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

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(1) Let EA, EB be tangents to a circle with centre O. To prove EA = EB, the following is often served up:—

By subtraction from the equal angles EAO, EBO

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