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Proposition: 7.18: Ratios of Multiples of Numbers

(Proposition 18 from Book 7 of Euclid's “Elements”)

If two numbers multiplying some number make some (other numbers) then the (numbers) generated from them will have the same ratio as the multiplying (numbers).

• For let the two numbers $A$ and $B$ make (the numbers) $D$ and $E$ (respectively, by) multiplying some number $C$.
• I say that as $A$ is to $B$, so $D$ (is) to $E$.

Modern Formulation

In modern notation, this propositions states that if \[a\,c = d\quad\text{ and }\quad b\,c=e,\] then \[\frac ab=\frac de,\] where all symbols denote numbers.

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1. Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"

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