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Playfair's axiom states that...

Playfair's axiom states that

A

things which are halves of same things equal to one another

B

the distance between a pair of parallel inform straight lines may fluctate but remains lens than a certain fixed distances

C

if a striaght line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles

D

for every line l and for every point P not lying on l.

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