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BOOK VI. situated to D: And make the parallelogram GH equal to EL and C together, and similar and similarly situated to 21. 6. D; wherefore GH is similar to EL: Let KH be the side homologous to FL, and KG to FE: And because the parallelogram GH is greater than EL, therefore the side KH is greater than FL, and KG than FE: Produce FL and FE, and make FLM equal to KH, and FEN to KG, and complete the parallelogram MN. MN is therefore equal and similar to GH: But GH is similar to EL; wherefore MN is similar to EL, and consequently EL and MN are about the 26.6. same diameter: Draw their diameter FX, and complete the scheme.

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and that GH is equal to MN; MN is equal to EL and C: common part EL; then the remainder, viz. the gnomon NOL, is equal to C. And because AE is equal 56. 1. to EB, the parallelogram AN is equal to the parallelogram f 43. 1. NB, that is, to BM. Add NO to each; therefore the whole, viz. the parallelogram AX, is equal to the gnomon NOL. But the gnomon NOL is equal to C; therefore also AX is equal to C. Wherefore to the straight line AB there is applied the parallelogram AX equal to the given rectilineal C, exceeding by the parallelogram PO, which is similar to * 24. 6. D, because PO is similar to ELs. Which was to be done.

PROP, XXX. PROB.

To cut a given straight line in extreme and mean ratio.

Let AB be the given straight line, it is required to cut it in extreme and mean ratio.

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Upon AB describe the square BC, and to AC apply the Book VI. parallelogram CD, equal to BC, exceeding by the figure. 46. 1. AD similar to BCb: But BC is a square, therefore also AD is a square; and because BC is equal to CD, by taking the common part CE from each, the re- A mainder BF is equal to the remainder AD: And these figures are equiangular, therefore their sides about the equal angles are reciprocally proportional©: Wherefore, as FE to ED, so AE to EB: But FE is equal to AC4, that is, to AB; and ED is equal to AE: Therefore as BA to AE, so is AE to EB: But AB is greater than AE; wherefore AE is greater than EBe: 14. 5. Therefore the straight line AB is cut in extreme and mean ratio in Ef. Which was to be done.

Otherwise,

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Let AB be the given straight line; it is required to cut it in extreme and mean ratio.

Divide AB in the point C, so that the rectangle contained by AB, BC, be equal to the square of ACs: Then, because the rectangle

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d 34. 1.

f3 Def. 6.

C B 11.

AB, BC, is equal to the square of AC; as BA to AC, so is AC to CB: Therefore AB is cut in extreme and mean ratio in Cf. Which was to be done.

h 17. 6.

PROP. XXXI. PROB.

IN right angled triangles, the rectilineal figure de- See N. scribed upon the side opposite to the right angle, is equal to the similar and similarly described figures upon the sides containing the right angle.

Let ABC be a right angled triangle, having the right. angle BAC: The rectilineal figure described upon BC is equal to the similar and similarly described figures upon BA, AC.

Draw the perpendicular AD; therefore, because in the right angled triangle ABC, AD is drawn from the right angle at A perpendicular to the base BC, the triangles ABD, ADC are similar to the whole triangle ABC, and to one

4. 6.

Book VI. anothera, and because the triangle ABC is similar to ADB; as CB to BA, so is BA to BD; and because these three 8. 6. straight lines are proportionals, as the first to the third, so is the figure upon the first to the similar and similarly de• 2 Cor. scribed figure upon the seconds: Therefore as CB to BD, 20.6. so is the figure upon CB to

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the similar and similarly described figure upon BA: d B. 5. And inverselyd, as DB to BC, so is the figure upon BA to that upon BC: For the same reason, as DC to CB, so is the figure upon CA to that upon CB. Wherefore as BD and DC

together to BC, so are the figures upon BA, AC to that 24. 5. upon BC: But BD and DC together are equal to BC. A. 5. Therefore the figure described on BC is equal to the similar and similarly described figures on BA, AC. Where'fore, in right angled triangles, &c. Q.E. D.

PROP. XXXII. THEOR.

See N. IF two triangles which have two sides of the one proportional to two sides of the other, be joined at one angle, so as to have their homologous sides parallel to one another; the remaining sides shall be in a straight line.

Let ABC, DCE, be two triangles which have the two sides BA, AC proportional to the two CD, DE, viz. BA to AC, as CD to DE; and let AB be parallel to DC, and AC to DE, BC and CE are in a straight line.

Because AB is parallel A

to DC, and the straight line AC meets them, the alternate angles BAC, 29. 1. ACD are equal; for the same reason, the angle CDE is equal to the angle ACD; wherefore also BAC is equal to CDE:

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And because the triangles ABC, DCE have one angle at Book VI. A equal to one at D, and the sides about these angles proportionals, viz. BA to AC, as CD to DE, the triangle ABC is equiangular to DCE: Therefore the angle ABC is 6. equal to the angle DCE: And the angle BAC was proved to be equal to ACD: Therefore the whole angle ACE is equal to the two angles ABC, BAC; add the common angle ACB, then the angles ACE, ACB are equal to the angles ABC, BAC, ACB: But ABC, BAC, ACB are equal to two right angles; therefore also the angles ACE, S2. 1. ACB are equal to two right angles: And since at the point C, in the straight line AC, the two straight lines BC, CE, which are on the opposite sides of it, make the adjacent angles ACE, ACB equal to two right angles; therefored 14. I. BC and CE are in a straight line. Wherefore, if two triangles, &c. Q.E.D.

PROP. XXXIII. THEOR.

In equal circles, angles, whether at the centres or See N. circumferences, have the same ratio which the circumferences on which they stand have to one another: So also have the sectors.

Let ABC, DEF be equal circles; and at their centres the angles BGC, EHF, and the angles BAC, EDF, at their circumferences; as the circumference BC to the circumference EF, so is the angle BGC to the angle EHF, and the angle BAC to the angle EDF: And also the sector BGC to the sector EHF.

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Take any number of circumferences CK, KL, each equal to BC, and any number whatever FM, MN, each equal to EF: And join GK, GL, HM, HN. Because the circumferences BC, CK, KL are all equal, the angles BGC, CGK, KGL are also all equal: Therefore what multiple soever 27. 3. the circumference BL is of the circumference BC, the same multiple is the angle BGL of the angle BGC: For the same reason, whatever multiple the circumference EN is of the circumference EF, the same multiple is the angle EHN of the angle EHF: And if the circumference BL

a 27. 3.

Book VI. be equal to the circumference EN, the angle BGL is also equal to the angle EHN; and if the circumference BL be greater than EN, likewise the angle BGL is greater than EHN and if less, less: There being then four magnitudes, the two circumferences BC, EF, and the two angles BGC, EHF; of the circumference BC, and of the angle BGC, have been taken any equimultiples whatever, viz. the circumference BL, and the angle BGL; and of the circumference EF, and of the angle EHF, any equimulti

ples whatever, viz. the circumference EN, and the angle EHN: And it has been proved, that if the circumference BL be greater than EN, the angle BGL is greater than EHN; and if equal, equal; and if less, less: As therefore 5 Def. 5. the circumference BC to the circumference EF, sob is the angle BGC to the angle EHF: But as the angle BGC is 15. 5. to the angle EHF, so is the angle BAC to the angle EDF; 20. 3. for each is double of each d; Therefore, as the circumference BC is to EF, so is the angle BGC to the angle EHF, and the angle BAC to the angle EDF.

Also, as the circumference BC, to EF, so is the sector BGC to the sector EHF. Join BC, CK, and in the circumferences BC, CK take any points X, O, and join BX, XC, CO, OK: Then, because in the triangles GBC, GCK the two sides BG, GC are equal to the two CG, GK, and 4. 1. that they contain equal angles; the base BC is equal to the base CK, and the triangle GBC to the triangle GCK: And because the circumference BC is equal to the circumference CK, the remaining part of the whole circumference of the circle ABC, is equal to the remaining part of the whole circumfererrce of the same circle: Wherefore the angle BXC is equal to the angle COKa: and the segment £11 Def. 3. BXC is therefore similar to the segment COK1; and they are upon equal straight lines BC, CK: But similar seg* 24. 3. ments of circles upon equal straight lines, are equals to one