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Book I   Proposition 11
    Let the point D have been taken at random on AC,
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    let CE have been cut off equal to CD, [I.3]
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    let the equilateral triangle DEF have been constructed upon DE, [I.1]
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    let FC have been joined.

I say that
    the straignt line FC has been drawn at right angles to the given straight line AB from C the given point on it.
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