 | John Playfair - Mathematics - 1806 - 320 pages
...equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part, e 47. 1. Upon AB describe" the square... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1806 - 546 pages
...equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. a 46. 1. Upon AB describe a the square... | |
 | Euclides - 1816 - 588 pages
...equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to thcsquare of the other part. Upon AB describe* the square ABDC... | |
 | Daniel Cresswell - Geometry - 1819 - 486 pages
...1 . It is manifest from this proposition, and from E. 1O. 4., that if the semi-diameter of a circle be divided into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and the lesser part may be equal to the square of the greater part, the greater segment shall be equal to the... | |
 | John Playfair - Circle-squaring - 1819 - 350 pages
...+DB3=2AC3+2CD3. Wherefore, if a straight line, &c. Q, ED . . PROP. XI. PROB. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the -whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line ;... | |
 | Miles Bland - Euclid's Elements - 1819 - 442 pages
...equal to a given square, and their rectangle equal to a given rectangle. 9. To divide a straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts may be equal to the square of a given line, which is less than the line to be divided.... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...equal 'o the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. Upon AB describe (46. I.) the square... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1827 - 546 pages
...• 47. 1. t 3 Ax. t 30 Def. t lAx. t 3 Ax. t 30 Def. PROP. XL PROB. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line... | |
 | Miles Bland - Euclid's Elements - 1827 - 462 pages
...whole line produced and the part produced may be equal to a given square. 9. To divide a straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts may be equal to the square of a given line, which is less than the line to be divided.... | |
 | Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...of AC, CD. Wherefore, " if a straight line," &c. QED PROP. XI. PROB. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line;... | |
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AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. 
