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Book VI Proposition 17 | |
But, if the rectangle contained by the expremes be equal to that contained by the means, the four straight lines are proportional. [VI.16] Therefore, as A is to B, so is D to C. But B is equal to D; therefore as A is to B so is B to C. |
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