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Euclid's Elements - Book 1 Proposition 3 "Given two unequal straight lines, to cut off from the greater a straight line equal to the less." We have two straight lines, one…

Euclid's Elements - Book 1 Proposition 2 "To place at a given point a straight line equal to a given straight line." We have a point and we have a line segment apart from that…

Euclid's Elements - Book 1 Proposition 1 "On a given finite straight line to construct an equilateral triangle" You have a line. How do you create an equilateral triangle whose…