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Book I   Proposition 8
Therefore it is not possible that, if the base BC be applied to the base EF, the sides BA, AC should not coincide with ED, DF;
    they will therefore coincide,
so that
    the angle BAC will also coincide with the angle EDF,
and
    will be equal to it.
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