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the center of the circle ABC is on each of AC, NO.
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the straight lines meet at no point except at P;
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the point P is the center of the circle ABC.
Similarly we can prove that
P is also the center of the circle DEF;
therefore
the two circles ABC, DEF which cut one another have the same center P: which is impossible. [III.5]
