Euclid:Proposition/X/54/Lemma

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Lemma

In the words of Euclid:

Let there be two squares $AB, BC$, and let them be placed so that $DB$ is in a straight line with $BE$; therefore $FB$ is also in a straight line with $BG$.
Let the parallelogram $AC$ be completed; I say that $AC$ is a square, that $DG$ is a mean proportional between $AB, BC$, and further, that $DC$ is a mean proportional between $AC, CB$.

(The Elements: Book $\text{X}$: Proposition $54$ : Lemma)


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