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Proposition: Prop. 12.08: Volumes of Similar Tetrahedra are in Cubed Ratio of Corresponding Sides

Euclid's Formulation

Similar pyramids which also have triangular bases are in the cubed ratio of their corresponding sides.

• Let there be similar, and similarly laid out, pyramids whose bases are triangles $ABC$ and $DEF$, and apexes the points $G$ and $H$ (respectively).
• I say that pyramid $ABCG$ has to pyramid $DEFH$ the cubed ratio of that $BC$ (has) to $EF$.

Modern Formulation

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

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