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acute angle adjacent angles altitude angle formed arc degrees ARGUMENT REASONS assigned value base angles bisector bisects chord circumscribed common measure Construct a triangle diagonals diameter discussion are left divided Draw equal arcs equal circles equal respectively equidistant equilateral triangle equivalent exercise exterior angles figure Find the area Find the locus geometric given circle given line given point given triangle HINT hypotenuse inches included angle inscribed angle intercepted arc isosceles trapezoid isosceles triangle length limit line drawn line joining line of centers mean proportional measure-number median mid-points number of sides obtuse parallel parallelogram perimeter perpendicular prolonged PROPOSITION prove quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon rhombus right angles right triangle secant segments similar triangles straight line student tangent THEOREM third side trapezoid triangle ABC unequal variable vertex angle vertices
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Page 281 - The bisector of an angle of a triangle divides the opposite side into segments proportional to the adjacent sides.
Page 268 - S' denote the areas of two circles, R and R' their radii, and D and D' their diameters. Then, I . 5*1 = =»!. That is, the areas of two circles are to each other as the squares of their radii, or as the squares of their diameters.
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Page 95 - The line joining the mid-points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side, and equal to half the third side.
Page 195 - The square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides. 3. In a right triangle the square of either leg is equal to the square of the hypotenuse minus the square of the other leg.
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Page 96 - A line joining the midpoints of the non.parallel sides of a trapezoid is parallel to the base, and equal to half the sum of the bases.
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Page 94 - If three or more parallel lines intercept equal segments on one transversal, they intercept equal segments on any other transversal.