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Book IV   Proposition 8
Now, since
    AD is equal to AB,
and
    AE is half of AD, and AF half of AB,
therefore
    AE is equal to AF,
so that
    the opposite sides are also equal;
therefore
    FG is equal to GE.

Similarly we can prove that
    each of the straight lines GH, GK
is equal to
    each of the straight lines FG, GE.
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