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Book VI   Proposition 5
Since then
    DE is equal to EG, and EF is common,
the two sides DE, EF are equal to the two sides GE, EF;
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    the base DF is equal to the base FG;
therefore
    the angle DEF is equal to the angle GEF, [I.8]
and
    the triangle DEF is equal to the triangle GEF,
and
    the remaining angles are equal to the remaining angles, namely those which the equal sides subtend. [I.4]

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