Marquette University

Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science

Wim Ruitenburg's Spring 2008 MATH025.1001


A picture proof

The following sketched picture proof appears to show that 89 degrees equals 90 degrees.
We easily check, case by case, that the triangles on the left hand side are congruent to the corresponding triangles on the right hand side. So 89 degrees equals 90 degrees.

Last updated: April 2008
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