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AB² ABCD AC² adjacent angles altitude apothem approach the limit area ABC axis base and altitude BC² bisector bisects centre chord circle circumference circumscribed coincide cone of revolution Converse of Prop diagonals diameter diedral angle distance Draw line equally distant equilateral equivalent exterior angle faces Find the area frustum Given line given point Hence homologous homologous sides hypotenuse intersecting isosceles triangle lateral area lateral edges line drawn line joining middle point number of sides parallel parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedral polyedron prism pyramid quadrilateral radii radius rectangle regular inscribed regular polygon rhombus right angles right triangle segment side BC similar slant height spherical polygon spherical triangle square tangent tetraedron THEOREM trapezoid triangle ABC triangular prism triedral vertex vertices volume Whence
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