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This chapter proves two classical theorems of geometry, due to Menelaus of Alexandria (c. 70–140) and to Giovanni Ceva (1647–1734). The proofs use the machinery of ratios of sensed segments.
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Specht, E.J., Jones, H.T., Calkins, K.G., Rhoads, D.H. (2015). Ratios of Sensed Segments (RS). In: Euclidean Geometry and its Subgeometries. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23775-6_20
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