PROPOSITION 10.
If a
number be
parts of a number, and another be the same parts of another,
alternately also, whatever parts or part the first is of the third, the same parts or the
same part will the second also be of the fourth.
For let the number AB be parts of the number C , and another, DE , the same parts of another, F ;
I say that, alternately also, whatever parts or part AB is of DE , the same parts or the same part is C of F also.
A
G
B
C
D
H
E
F
For since, whatever parts AB is of C , the same parts also is DE of F ,
therefore, as many parts of C as there are in AB , so many parts also of F are there in DE .
Let AB be divided into the parts of C , namely AG , GB , and DE into the parts of F , namely DH , HE ; thus the multitude of AG , GB will be equal to the multitude of DH , HE .
Now since, whatever part AG is of C , the same part also is DH of F ,
alternately also, whatever part or parts
AG is of
DH , the same part or the same parts is
C of
F also.
[VII. 9] For the same reason also,
whatever part or parts GB is of HE , the same part or the same parts is C of F also;
so that, in addition, whatever parts or part
AB is of
DE , the same parts also, or the same part, is
C of
F .
[VII. 5 , 6 ] Therefore etc. Q. E. D.
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Required for
VII.13 VII.14 VII.17 VII.18 VII.19 VII.20 VII.21 VII.22 VII.24 VII.25 VII.26 VII.27 VII.30 VII.33 VII.34 VII.36 VII.39 VIII.1 VIII.2 VIII.3 VIII.4 VIII.5 VIII.6 VIII.7 VIII.8 VIII.9 VIII.10 VIII.11 VIII.12 VIII.13 VIII.14 VIII.15 VIII.16 VIII.17 VIII.18 VIII.19 VIII.20 VIII.21 VIII.22 VIII.23 VIII.24 VIII.25 VIII.26 VIII.27 IX.1 IX.2 IX.3 IX.4 IX.5 IX.6 IX.8 IX.9 IX.10 IX.12 IX.13 IX.14 IX.15 IX.16 IX.17 IX.18 IX.19 IX.32 IX.35 IX.36 X.9 X.10 X.12 X.13 X.17 X.18 X.22 X.23 X.24 X.25 X.26 X.27 X.28 X.29 X.30 X.31 X.32 X.33 X.34 X.35 X.36 X.37 X.38 X.39 X.40 X.41 X.42 X.43 X.44 X.45 X.46 X.47 X.48 X.49 X.50 X.51 X.52 X.53 X.54 X.55 X.56 X.57 X.58 X.59 X.60 X.61 X.62 X.63 X.64 X.65 X.66 X.67 X.68 X.69 X.70 X.71 X.72 X.73 X.75 X.76 X.77 X.78 X.79 X.80 X.81 X.82 X.83 X.84 X.85 X.86 X.87 X.88 X.89 X.90 X.91 X.92 X.93 X.94 X.95 X.96 X.97 X.98 X.99 X.100 X.101 X.102 X.103 X.104 X.105 X.106 X.107 X.108 X.109 X.110 X.111 X.112 X.113 X.114 XIII.6 XIII.11 XIII.16 XIII.17 XIII.18
See Commentary on Proposition VII.10
