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The infinite dihedral group is $D_{\infty }\cong C_2\ast C_2$, with factors $A=⟨a⟩$ and $B=⟨b⟩$. Its Bass-Serre tree has vertex setand one edge indexed by each $g\in D_{\infty }$, joining $gA$ to $gB$. Since both factors have order two, every vertex has degree two. The connected tree is therefore a bi-infinite line.

The action is cocompact, and its vertex stabilizers are the finite conjugates of $A$ and $B$, so it is proper. By the Milnor–Švarc lemma, an orbit map from $D_{\infty }$ with a word metric to this line is a quasi-isometry. A simplicial bi-infinite line is quasi-isometric to $\mathbb{R}$, hence so is $D_{\infty }$.

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