Geometry: An Interactive Journey to Mastery

Lesson 36: Bending the Axioms—New Geometries

4. Is it possible to draw an equilateral triangle on the surface of a sphere with three 60° angles?


5. The radius of the Earth is approximately 6400 km.
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