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.

  1. Remove the pencil from the compass
  2. Find a person with a protractor
  3. Steal their protractor. Use the compass if need be
  4. Use the protractor to measure the angle
  5. Draw lines at 1/3 of the angle and 2/3 of the angle
  6. Ta-da! You have trisected the angle starting with a compass and a straightedge