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Book II   Proposition 4
Then,
    since CF is parallel to AD, and BD has fallen on them,
    the exterior angle CGB is equal to the interior and oppostie angle ADB. [I.29]
But
    the angle ADB is equal to the angle ABD,
since
    the side BA is also equal to AD; [I.5]
therefore
    the angle CGB is also equal to the angle GBC,
so that
    the side BC is also equal to the side CG. [I.6]
But
    CB is equal to GK, and CG to KB; [I.34]
therefore GK is also equal to KB; therefore
    CGKB is equilateral.
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