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PROPOSITION 9.

Magnitudes which have the same ratio to the same are equal to one another; and magnitudes to which the same has the same ratio are equal.

For let each of the magnitudes A, B have the same ratio to C; I say that A is equal to B.

For, otherwise, each of the magnitudes A, B would not have had the same ratio to C; [V. 8] but it has;

therefore A is equal to B.

Again, let C have the same ratio to each of the magnitudes A, B; I say that A is equal to B.

For, otherwise, C would not have had the same ratio to each of the magnitudes A, B; [V. 8] but it has;

therefore A is equal to B.

Therefore etc. Q. E. D.

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