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Book VI   Proposition 25
But
    the parallelogram EF is equal to D;
therefore
    KGH is also equal to D.
And
    KGH is also similar to ABC.

Therefore,
    one and the same figure KGH has been constructed similar to the given rectilineal figure ABC and equal to the other figure D.

Being what it was required to do.
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