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... vertex A ; sometimes by the three letters BAC , or CAB , the letter at the vertex being always placed in the middle . Angles , like all other quantities , are susceptible of addition , subtraction , multiplication , and division . Thus ...
... vertex A ; sometimes by the three letters BAC , or CAB , the letter at the vertex being always placed in the middle . Angles , like all other quantities , are susceptible of addition , subtraction , multiplication , and division . Thus ...
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... vertex A ; sometimes by the three letters BAC , or CAB , the letter at the vertex being always placed in the middle . Angles , like all other quantities , are susceptible of addition , subtraction , multiplication , and division . Thus ...
... vertex A ; sometimes by the three letters BAC , or CAB , the letter at the vertex being always placed in the middle . Angles , like all other quantities , are susceptible of addition , subtraction , multiplication , and division . Thus ...
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... vertex of the angle . The sign is called plus : it indicates addition . The sign - is called minus : it indicates subtraction . Thus , A + B , represents the sum of the quantities A and B ; A - B represents their difference , or what ...
... vertex of the angle . The sign is called plus : it indicates addition . The sign - is called minus : it indicates subtraction . Thus , A + B , represents the sum of the quantities A and B ; A - B represents their difference , or what ...
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... vertex of an isosceles triangle to the middle point of its base , is perpendicular to the base , and divides the angle at the vertex into two equal parts . In a triangle which is not isosceles , any side may be assumed indifferently as ...
... vertex of an isosceles triangle to the middle point of its base , is perpendicular to the base , and divides the angle at the vertex into two equal parts . In a triangle which is not isosceles , any side may be assumed indifferently as ...
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... vertex of any one angle A , diagonals B , AC , AD , AE , AF , be drawn to the vertices of all the opposite angles , it is plain that the poly- gon will be divided into five triangles , if it has seven sides ; into six triangles , if it ...
... vertex of any one angle A , diagonals B , AC , AD , AE , AF , be drawn to the vertices of all the opposite angles , it is plain that the poly- gon will be divided into five triangles , if it has seven sides ; into six triangles , if it ...
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adjacent altitude angle ACB angle BAC ar.-comp base multiplied bisect Book VII centre chord circ circumference circumscribed common cone convex surface cosine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter dicular distance divided draw drawn equally distant equations equivalent feet figure find the area formed four right angles frustum given angle given line gles greater homologous sides hypothenuse inscribed circle inscribed polygon intersection less Let ABC logarithm number of sides opposite parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular perpendicular let fall plane MN polyedron polygon ABCDE PROBLEM proportional PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant quadrilateral quantities radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angled triangle S-ABCDE Scholium secant segment similar sine slant height solid angle solid described sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square described straight line tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prism vertex
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Page 19 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 232 - ... the logarithm of a fraction is equal to the logarithm of the numerator minus the logarithm of the denominator.
Page 11 - A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse.
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 20 - In an isosceles triangle the angles opposite the equal sides are equal.
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 159 - S-ahc be the smaller : and suppose Aa to be the altitude of a prism, which having ABC for its base, is equal to their difference. Divide the altitude AT into equal parts Ax, xy, yz, &c. each less than Aa, and let k be one of those parts ; through the points of division...
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.