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BOOK I. PROP. XVIII. THEOR.

IN any triangle if one side be greater than another , the angle opposite to the greater side is greater than the angle opposite to the less.

i. e. >

Make = (pr. 3.), draw .

Then will = (pr. 5.);

but > (pr. 16.)

> and much more is >

Q.E.D.