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Mr. glen ie’s Proportions on the 
PROPOSITION VI. PROBLEM IV. 
To cut off from a given right line a part expr effect by any 
even number . 
Let m denote any even number in general. Draw any 
indefinite right line bh, and at right angles to it another 
be. On be fet off the given right line ba, and from a, 
with the diftance equal to a right line, the fquare on 
which is equal to the fquare on ab multiplied by the 
number 
