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[Test.3] Euclid's elegant proof of the Pythagorean theorem depends upon the diagram of Figure below, sometimes referred to as the Fanciscan's cowl of as the bride's chair.   A precis of the proof runs as ? (AC)2 = 2¡âJAB = 2¡âCAD = ADKL. Similarly, (BC)2 and so on. Fill in the detail of this proof.