All examples in this Problem are pairs of straight line segments.
This problem communicates the idea of projected distance, in this case from 2D to 1D (x-axis).
Adjacent-numbered pages: BP552 BP553 BP554 BP555 BP556  *  BP558 BP559 BP560 BP561 BP562
nice, precise, allsorted, stretch, perfect, unorderedpair, preciseworld
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Leo Crabbe