Euclid Book 1 - Proposition 41
Parallelogram on same base as triangle, in the same parallels, is double the area

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To be proved: If a parallelogram has the same base with a triangle and is in the same parallels, then the parallelogram is double the triangle.

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Parallelogram ABCD and triangle EBC have same base BC in the same parallels BC and AE

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