If any number of magnitudes are each the same multiple of the same number of other magnitudes, then the sum is that multiple of the sum.
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Let any number of magnitudes AB and CD each be the same multiple of magnitudes E and F respectively.
I say that the sum of AB and CD is the same multiple of the sum of E and F that AB is of E.
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Since AB is the same multiple of E that CD is of F, therefore there are as many magnitudes in AB equal to E as there are in CD equal to F.
Divide AB into magnitudes AG and GB equal to E, and divide CD into CH and HD equal to F. Then the number of the magnitudes AG and GB equals the number of the magnitudes CH and HD.
Now, since AG equals E, and CH equals F, therefore the sum of AG and CH equals the sum of E and F.
For the same reason GB equals E, and the sum of GB and HD equals the sum of E and F. Therefore, there are as many magnitudes in AB equal to E as there are in the sum of AB and CD equal to the sum of E and F. Therefore, the sum of AB and CD is the same multiple of the sum of E and F that AB is of E.
Therefore, if any number of magnitudes are each the same multiple of the same number of other magnitudes, then the sum is that multiple of the sum.