Introduction to Euclid's Geometry · Class 9 · CBSE Mathematics
If a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the same side of it taken together less than two right angles, then the…
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If a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the same side of it taken together less than two right angles, then the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which the angles are less than two right angles. This statement is known as:
- A.Euclid's First Postulate
- B.Euclid's Fifth PostulateCorrect answer
- C.Euclid's Axiom 5
- D.Playfair's Axiom
Solution
This statement is the famous Euclid's Fifth Postulate, also known as the parallel postulate.
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