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BOOK I. PROP. V. THEOR.
5

N any isosceles triangle if the equal sides be produced, the external angles at the base are equal, and the internal angles at the base are also equal.

Produce , and (post. 2.), take = , (pr. 3.); draw and .

Then in and we have, = (const.), common to both, and = (hyp.) ∴ = , = and = (pr. 4.).

Again in and , we have = , ∴ = and = (pr. 4.) but = , ∴ = (ax. 3.)

Q.E.D.