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PROPOSITION 13.

If four numbers be proportional, they will also be proportional alternately.

Let the four numbers A, B, C, D be proportional, so that,

as A is to B, so is C to D;
I say that they will also be proportional alternately, so that,
as A is to C, so will B be to D.

For since, as A is to B, so is C to D, therefore, whatever part or parts A is of B, the same part or the same parts is C of D also. [VII. Def. 20]

Therefore, alternately, whatever part or parts A is of C, the same part or the same parts is B of D also. [VII. 10]

Therefore, as A is to C, so is B to D. [VII. Def. 20] Q. E. D.

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