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:[Cueball, holding a compass and straightedge, looks sad.]
 
:[Cueball, holding a compass and straightedge, looks sad.]
 
:Using only a compass and straightedge, it's impossible to construct friends.
 
:Using only a compass and straightedge, it's impossible to construct friends.
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==Trivia==
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*Of the three non-constructibles, only squaring the circle is considered truly impossible, even by nonmathematicians. Why? Because if you bend the rules a bit by marking your straight edge twice you can trisect an angle or double a cube. Similar fudges are used in non-Euclidean constructions like origami construction to solve all but squaring the circle, which, as von Lindemann proved, is impossible because of the transcendental nature of Ο€. That did not stop Edwin J. Goodwin from proposing the {{w|Indiana Pi Bill}}, however. Be glad it didn't pass.
  
 
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