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BOOK I. PROP. XXVIII. THEOR.
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IF a straight line () cutting two other straight lines ( and ), makes the external equal to the internal and opposite angle, at the same side of the cutting line (namely, = or = ), or if it makes the two internal angles at the same side ( and , or and ) together equal to two right angles, those two straight lines are parallel.

First, if = , then = (pr. 15.),

= || (pr. 27.).

Secondly, if + = ,

then + = , (pr. 13.),

+ = + (ax. 3.)

=

|| (pr. 27.)

Q. E. D.