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Book IV   Proposition 10
But
    the angle BDA is equal to the angle CBD, since the side AD is also equal to AB; [I.5]
so that the angle DBA is also equal to the angle BCD.
Therefore
    the three angles BDA, DBA, BCD are equal to one another.
And, since
    the angle DBC is equal to the angle BCD,
    the side BD is also equal to the side DC. [I.6]
But
    BD is by hypothesis equal to CA;
therefore
    CA is also equal to CD,
so that
    the angle CDA is also equal to the angle DAC.
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