Euclid Book 1 - Proposition 27
Alternate angles equal means straight lines parallel

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To be proved: If a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the alternate angles equal to one another, then the straight lines are parallel to one another.

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There is a line EF crossing lines AB and CD so that angle AEF = EFD

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