The theorem of the gnomon states that certain parallelograms occurring within a gnomon, an L-shaped figure formed by removing a smaller rectangle from a corner of a larger one, have areas of equal size. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The theorem of the gnomon states that certain parallelograms occurring in a gnomon have areas of equal size.
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