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COMMON NOTIONS.

1

Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another.

2

If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal.

3

If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal.

4

[7] Things which coincide with one another are equal to one another.

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[8] The whole is greater than the part.

Euclid. Euclid's Elements. Sir Thomas Little Heath. New York. Dover. 1956.

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