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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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- Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"
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