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Book III   Proposition 9
Then, since AE is equal to EB, and ED is common,
    the two sides AE, ED are equal to the two sides BE, ED, and the base DF is equal to the base EF ;
therefore
    the angle AED is equal to the angle BED. [I.8]

Therefore
    each of the angles AED, BED is right; [I.Def.10]
therefore
    GK cuts AB into two equal parts and at right angles.
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