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Book IV   Proposition 12
And, since
    the angle FCK is right,
therefore
    the square on FK is equal to the squares on FC, CK. [I.47]

For the same reason
    the square on FK is also equal to the squares on FB, BK;
so that
    the squares on FC, CK are equal to the squares on FB, BK, of which the square on FC is equal to the square on FB;
therefore
    The square on CK which remains is equal to the square on BK.
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