 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1822 - 394 pages
...of five, a pentagon ; that of six, a hexagon ; and so on. XVI. A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. Thus, ABC is a triangle right-angled at A; the side BC is B its hypotenuse. XVII. Among... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1830 - 344 pages
...has its three sides equal ; an isosceles triangle, one which has two of its sides equal ; a scalme triangle, one which has its three sides unequal. 16....angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. Thus, ABC is a triangle right-angled at A ; the side BC is its hypotenuse. 17. Among quadrilaterals,... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1835 - 336 pages
...20. A scalene triangle is that which has three unequal sides. 21. Aright angled trangle is that which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. 22. An obtuse angled triangle, is that which has an obtuse angle. 23. An acute angled triangle,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Surveying - 1839 - 376 pages
...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. Thus, 20 INTRODUCTION. 17. Among the quadrilaterals, we distinguish : The square, which has its sides equal,... | |
 | Jason M. Mahan - Arithmetic - 1839 - 312 pages
...Ans. 19 feet. OF THE RIGHT ANGLED TRIANGLE. A right angled triangle is a plane superficies, having one right angle : the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse, the side on which the triangle stands is called the base, and the other side the perpendicular. The... | |
 | Charles Davies - Navigation - 1841 - 414 pages
...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...square, which has its sides equal, and its angles right angles. The rectangle, which has its angles right angles, without having its sides equal. The... | |
 | Charles Davies - Navigation - 1835 - 388 pages
...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. Thus, iq the triangle ABC, right-angled at A, jjthe side BC is the hypothenuse. 20 1NTRODUCT1ON. 17. Among... | |
 | Charles Davies - Trigonometry - 1849 - 372 pages
...or polygon, and the lines themselves, taken together, form the contour, or perimeter of the polygon. 15. An equilateral triangle is one which has its three...right-angled at A, the side BC is the hypothenuse. B 17. Among the quadrilaterals, we distinguish : The square, which has its sides equal, and its angles... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1849 - 252 pages
...equal. A scalene triangle is one which has three unequal sides. 16. A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the kypothenuse. An obtuse-angled triangle is one which has an obtuse angle. An acute-angled triangle is... | |
 | William Minifie - Geometry, Descriptive - 1849 - 278 pages
...An ACUTE ANGLED TRIANGLE has all its angles acute, as A and Б. 22. A RIGHT ANGLED TRIANGLE has one right angle; the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse ; the other sides are called respectively the base and perpendicular. The figures А. В. C, are each... | |
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A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse. 
