A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as Private Tuition : in Two Volumes, Volume 1W.E. Dean, 1831 - Mathematics |
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ABCD abscisses altitude arithmetical arithmetical progression axis base bisected breadth CA² CD² centre chord circle circumference circumscribed common cone consequently Cosine Cotang cube root curve cylinder decimal denominator denotes diameter difference distance divide dividend divisor draw ellipse equal equation equiangular EXAM EXAMPLES feet figure fraction frustum Geom geometrical progression given number gives greater half Hence inches infinite series inscribed length Let ABC logarithm measure multiply ordinates parabola parallel parallelogram perimeter perpendicular plane polygon prism PROBLEM proportional Q. E. D. Corol Q. E. D. THEOREM quadratic equation quantity QUEST quotient radius ratio rectangle Reduce right angles right line right-angled triangle rule sides Sine solid square root subtract surd surface Tang tangent theor theref triangle ABC VULGAR FRACTIONS whole yards
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Page 4 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
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Page 297 - The angle formed by a tangent to a circle, and a chord drawn from the point of contact, is equal to the angle in the alternate segment.
Page 273 - AB>AC-BC: that is, the difference of any two sides of a triangle is less than the third side.
Page 236 - It is required to divide the number 24 into two such parts, that their product may be equal to 35 times their difference. Ans. 10 and 14.
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Page 278 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 19 - Or multiply the last remainder by the preceding divisor, or last but one, and to the product add the preceding remainder; multiply this sum by the next preceding divisor, and to the product add the next preceding remainder ; and so on till you have gone through all the divisors and remainders to the first, thus
Page 265 - The Circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees ; and each degree into 60 Minutes, each minute into 60 Seconds, and so on.