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the three straight lines A, B, C be proportional,
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as A is to B,
so is B to C;
I say that
the rectangle contained by A, C
is equal to
the square on B.
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Book VI Proposition 17 | |
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Let the three straight lines A, B, C be proportional, so that, as A is to B, so is B to C; I say that the rectangle contained by A, C is equal to the square on B. |
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