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A straight line is the sliortest distance from one point to another . 4. Every line which is not straight , or composed of straight lines , is a curved line . E Thus , AB is a straight line ; ACDB is a broken line , or one composed of ...
A straight line is the sliortest distance from one point to another . 4. Every line which is not straight , or composed of straight lines , is a curved line . E Thus , AB is a straight line ; ACDB is a broken line , or one composed of ...
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... but this expression should not be employed , wher there is any danger of confounding it with that of the line AB , which expresses the distance between the points A and B. The expression A x ( B + C - D ) represents the product of A ...
... but this expression should not be employed , wher there is any danger of confounding it with that of the line AB , which expresses the distance between the points A and B. The expression A x ( B + C - D ) represents the product of A ...
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For the straight line AB is the shortest distance between the points A and B ( Def . 3. ) ; hence AC + CB is greater A. с than AB A PROPOSITION VIII . THEOREM . I from any point within a triangle , two straight lines be drawn to the ...
For the straight line AB is the shortest distance between the points A and B ( Def . 3. ) ; hence AC + CB is greater A. с than AB A PROPOSITION VIII . THEOREM . I from any point within a triangle , two straight lines be drawn to the ...
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2d , Any two oblique lines , drawn on different sides of the perpendicular , cutting off equal distances on the other line , will be equal . 3d , Of tuo oblique lines , drawn at pieasure , that which is farther from the perpendicular ...
2d , Any two oblique lines , drawn on different sides of the perpendicular , cutting off equal distances on the other line , will be equal . 3d , Of tuo oblique lines , drawn at pieasure , that which is farther from the perpendicular ...
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The perpendicular measures the shortest distance of a point from a line . Cor . 2. From the same point to the same straight line , only two equal straight lines can be drawn ; for , if there could be more , we should have at least two ...
The perpendicular measures the shortest distance of a point from a line . Cor . 2. From the same point to the same straight line , only two equal straight lines can be drawn ; for , if there could be more , we should have at least two ...
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Page 18 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 232 - ... the logarithm of a fraction is equal to the logarithm of the numerator minus the logarithm of the denominator.
Page 168 - The radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the centre to any point of the surface ; the diameter or axis is a line passing through this centre, and terminated on both sides by the surface.
Page 31 - Hence, the interior angles plus four right angles, is equal to twice as many right angles as the polygon...
Page 18 - America, but know that we are alive, that two and two make four, and that the sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the third side.
Page 241 - In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 86 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page 168 - CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E.
Page 287 - How many square feet are there in the convex surface of the frustum of a square pyramid, whose slant height is 10 feet, each side of the lower base 3 feet 4 inches, and each side of the upper base 2 feet 2 inches ? Ans.
Page 64 - To inscribe a circle in a given triangle. Let ABC be the given triangle. Bisect the angles A and B by the lines AO and BO, meeting at the point 0.
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| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Editor | Charles Davies |
| Translated by | David Brewster |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes and Company, 1837 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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