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Proposition: Prop. 10.027: Construction of Components of First Bimedial

(Proposition 27 from Book 10 of Euclid's “Elements”)

To find (two) medial (straight lines), containing a rational (area), (which are) commensurable in square only.

• Let the two rational (straight lines) $A$ and $B$, (which are) commensurable in square only, be laid down.
• And let $C$ - in mean proportion3 (straight line) to $A$ and $B$ - have been taken [Prop. 6.13].
• And let it be contrived that as $A$ (is) to $B$, so $C$ (is) to $D$ [Prop. 6.12].

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

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