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... Triangles , 231 Solution of Rectilineal Triangles by Logarithms , 235 Solution of Right angled Triangles , 237 Solution of Triangles in general , 238 SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY . First principles , - 246 Napier's Circular Parts , 252 Solution ...
... Triangles , 231 Solution of Rectilineal Triangles by Logarithms , 235 Solution of Right angled Triangles , 237 Solution of Triangles in general , 238 SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY . First principles , - 246 Napier's Circular Parts , 252 Solution ...
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... triangle , one which has two of its sides equal ; a scalene triangle , one which has its three sides unequal . 16. A right - angled triangle is one which has a right angle . The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse ...
... triangle , one which has two of its sides equal ; a scalene triangle , one which has its three sides unequal . 16. A right - angled triangle is one which has a right angle . The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse ...
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... right angled triangles BAC , EDF , let the hypothenuse AC = DF , and the side BA ED : then will the side BC = EF , the angle B A = D , and the angle C = F . D G CE F If the side BC is equal to EF , the like angles of the two triangles ...
... right angled triangles BAC , EDF , let the hypothenuse AC = DF , and the side BA ED : then will the side BC = EF , the angle B A = D , and the angle C = F . D G CE F If the side BC is equal to EF , the like angles of the two triangles ...
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Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. Cor . 2. If two angles of one triangle ... angled triangle , the sum of the two acute angles is equal to one right angle . Cor . 5. Since every ... right angles : hence , if all the angles of 30 GEOMETRY .
Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. Cor . 2. If two angles of one triangle ... angled triangle , the sum of the two acute angles is equal to one right angle . Cor . 5. Since every ... right angles : hence , if all the angles of 30 GEOMETRY .
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... right angled triangles ADC , CDB , will have AC = CB , and CD com- mon ; hence , AD is equal to DB ( Book I. Prop . XVII . ) . Again , since AD , DB , are equal , CG is a perpendicular erected from the mid- A H C B dle of AB ; hence ...
... right angled triangles ADC , CDB , will have AC = CB , and CD com- mon ; hence , AD is equal to DB ( Book I. Prop . XVII . ) . Again , since AD , DB , are equal , CG is a perpendicular erected from the mid- A H C B dle of AB ; hence ...
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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.