Proposition: Prop. 13.01: Area of Square on Greater Segment of Straight Line cut in Extreme and Mean Ratio

(Proposition 1 from Book 13 of Euclid's “Elements”)

If a straight line is cut in extreme and mean ratio then the square on the greater piece, added to half of the whole, is five times the square on the half.

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

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  1. Prime.mover and others: "Pr∞fWiki", https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page, 2016