Euclid:Proposition/VI/20

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Proposition

In the words of Euclid:

Similar polygons are divided into similar triangles, and into triangles equal in multitude and in the same ratio as the wholes, and the polygon has to the polygon a ratio duplicate of that which the corresponding side has to corresponding side.

(The Elements: Book $\text{VI}$: Proposition $20$)


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