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G.203 perturbed proportion

A:term:**perturbed proportion** <perturbed-proportion> arises when, there being three magnitudes and another set equal to them in multitude, as:term:antecedent <G.181> is to consequent among the first magnitudes, so is antecedent to consequent among the second magnitudes, while, as the consequent is to a third among the first magnitudes, so is a third to the antecedent among the second magnitudes.
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G.204 there magnitudes others

If there be three magnitudes, and others equal to them in multitude, which taken two and two together are in the same ratio, and the proportion of them be perturbed, then, if ex aequali the first magnitude is greater than the third, the fourth is greater than the sixth; if equal, equal; and if less, less.