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ABC be a right-angled triangle having the angle BAC right,
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let AD be drawn from A prependicular to BC;
I say that
each of the triangles ABD, ADC is similar to the whole ABC and, further, they are similar to one another.
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Let ABC be a right-angled triangle having the angle BAC right, and let AD be drawn from A prependicular to BC; I say that each of the triangles ABD, ADC is similar to the whole ABC and, further, they are similar to one another. |
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