Fun:Trisecting an angle
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Trisecting an angle is, contrary to the reports of most mathematicians, very easy to solve with a compass and straightedge.
- Remove the pencil from the compass
- Find a person with a protractor
- Steal their protractor. Use the compass if need be
- Use the protractor to measure the angle
- Draw lines at 1/3 of the angle and 2/3 of the angle
- Ta-da! You have trisected the angle starting with a compass and a straightedge