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BOOK I. PROP. XLI. THEOR.

IF a parallelogram and a triangle are upon the ſame baſe and between the ſame parallels and , the parallelogram is double the triangle.

Draw the diagonal;

Then (pr. 37.)[1]

twice (pr. 34.)

twice .[2]


Q.E.D.

  1. The area is equal.
  2. The area