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Book II   Proposition 1
Then
    BH is equal to BK, DL, EH.

Now
    BH is the rectangle A, BC, for it is contained by GB, BC, and BG is equal to A;
    BK is the rectangle A, BD, for it is contained by GB, BD, and BG is equal to A;
and
    DL is the rectangle A, DE, for DK, that is BG [I.34], is equal to A.

Similarly also
    EH is the rectangle A, EC.
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