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Book IV Proposition 5 | |
Then, since AD is equal to DB, and DF is common and at right angles, therefore the base AF is equal to the base FB. [I.4] Similarly we can prove that CF is also equal to AF; so that FB is also equal to FC; therefore the three straight lines FA, FB, FC are equal to one another. |
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