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as BC is to CD,
so is the figure on BC to that on CA;
so that in addition
as BC is to BD, DC,
so is the figure on BC to the similar and similarly described figures on BA, AC.
But
BC is equal to BD, DC;
therefore
the figure on BC is also equal to the similar and similarly described bigures on BA, AC.
