| 🇩🇪 Struve | 🇺🇲 Clagett | |
| IV, 1 | [Form d]er Berechnung eines Dreiecks, | Example of the calculation of [the area of] a triangle. |
| 2 | [wenn man dir nennt] ein Dreieck von 10 in der Höhe | [If someone says to you:] “[Assume] a triangle of 10 [khet] on the [mr]yt (i.e., most likely the ‘altitude’ or `kathete’) |
| 3 | 4 auf der Grundlinie. 0 laß mich wissen | and 4 [khet] on the base. [Make] known to me |
| 4 | [seine Fläche. Berechne du die Hälfte von] dieser 4, | [its area.” Take 1/2 of ] this [4,] |
| 5 | [um es rechteckig werden zu lassen. Rechne mit 10] 2mal. | [namely 2, in order to get one side of its equivalent rectangle. Multiply 10, the other side of the rectangle,] times 2. |
| 6 | [Es entsteht 20. Siehe seine Fläche] ist es. | [It becomes 20. Its area] is this. |

🇩🇪 Lise:
- Information
- h = Höhe, 10 (🇺🇲 altitude)
- g = Grundlinie, 4 (🇺🇲 base)
- f = Fläche (🇺🇲 area)
- f = h * g / 2
- f = 10 * 4 / 2
- f = 10 * 2
- f = 20