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For, since
the straight line BD is a diameter of the circle ABCD,
therefore
BAD is a semicircle;
therefore
the angle BAD is right. [III.31]
For the same reason
each of the angles ABC, BCD, CDA is also right;
therefore
the quadrilateral ABCD is right-angled.
