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Book VI   Proposition 4
Now,
    since the angle DCE is equal to the angle ABC
    BF is parallel to CD. [I.28]
Again,
    since the angle ACB is equal to the angle DEC
    AC is parallel to FE. [I.28]
Therefore
    FACD is a parallelogram;
therefore
    FA is equal to DC, and AC to FD. [I.34]
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