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Proof: By Euclid

(related to Proposition: 6.21: Similarity of Polygons is Transitive)

• For since $A$ is similar to $C$, ($A$) is equiangular to ($C$), and has the sides about the equal angles proportional [Def. 6.1] .
• Again, since $B$ is similar to $C$, ($B$) is equiangular to ($C$), and has the sides about the equal angles proportional [Def. 6.1] .
• Thus, $A$ and $B$ are each equiangular to $C$, and have the sides about the equal angles proportional [hence, $A$ is also equiangular to $B$, and has the sides about the equal angles proportional].
• Thus, $A$ is similar to $B$ [Def. 6.1] .
• (Which is) the very thing it was required to show.
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1. Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"