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For let the composite number A by multiplying any number B make C; I say that C is solid.
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For, since A is composite, it will be measured by some number. [VII. Def. 13]
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Let it be measured by D; and, as many times as D measures A, so many units let there be in E.
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Since then D measures A according to the units in E, therefore E by multiplying D has made A. [VII. Def. 15]
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And, since A by multiplying B has made C, and A is the product of D, E, therefore the product of D, E by multiplying B has made C.
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Therefore C is solid, and D, E, B are its sides. Q. E. D.
PROPOSITION 8.
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If as many numbers as we please beginning from an unit be in continued proportion, the third from the unit will be square, as will also those which successively leave out one; the fourth will be cube, as will also all those which leave out two; and the seventh will be at once cube and square, as will also those which leave out five.
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Let there be as many numbers as we please, A, B, C, D, E, F, beginning from an unit and in continued proportion; I say that B, the third from the unit, is square, as are also all those which leave out one; C, the fourth, is cube, as are also all those which leave out two; and F, the seventh, is at once cube and square, as are also all those which leave out five.
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For since, as the unit is to A, so is A to B, therefore the unit measures the number A the same number of times that A measures B. [VII. Def. 20]
