In the Fig.5.7, we have 1 =2, 2 =3. Show that 1 =3.

Given, 1 = 2 …(i)


and 2 = 3 …(ii)


According to Euclid’s axiom, things which are equal to the same things are equal to one another.


From Eqs. (i) and (ii),


1 = 3


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