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`PQ` is a diameter of a circle and `AB` is such a chord of it that it is perpendicular to `PQ`. If `C` be the point of intersection of `PQ` and `AB`, then prove that `PC.QC=AC.BC`.

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CALCUTTA BOOK HOUSE-SIMILARITY-Exercise 5.2
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  15. If the areas of two similar triangles be equal, they are .

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