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Book IV   Proposition 5
    Let the straight lines AB, AC be bisected at the points D, E, [I.10]
and from the points D, E
    let DF, EF be drawn at right angles to AB, AC;

they will then meet within the triangle ABC, or on the straight line BC, or outside BC.

First
    let them meet within at F,
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    let FB, FC, FA be joined.
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