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... given point in a straight line a line bet drawn meeting the given line in such a way as to make the adjacent angles equal , each of the equal angles is called a right angle , and the lines are said to be perpendicular ( 1 ) to each ...
... given point in a straight line a line bet drawn meeting the given line in such a way as to make the adjacent angles equal , each of the equal angles is called a right angle , and the lines are said to be perpendicular ( 1 ) to each ...
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... line AB upon line DE . Then , line BC will fall upon line EF ; for otherwise we should have two lines perpendicular to DE at E , which is impossible . [ At a given point in a straight line , but one perpendicular to the line can be ...
... line AB upon line DE . Then , line BC will fall upon line EF ; for otherwise we should have two lines perpendicular to DE at E , which is impossible . [ At a given point in a straight line , but one perpendicular to the line can be ...
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... given point in a straight line , a perpendicular to the line can be drawn . ] ( § 25 ) Then , it is evident that the sum of angles ACD and BCD is equal to the sum of angles ACE and BCE . But since CE is perpendicular to AB , angles ACE ...
... given point in a straight line , a perpendicular to the line can be drawn . ] ( § 25 ) Then , it is evident that the sum of angles ACD and BCD is equal to the sum of angles ACE and BCE . But since CE is perpendicular to AB , angles ACE ...
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... line at a given point is equal to two right angles . This is evident from § 32 . 35. Cor . II . The sum of all the angles about a point in a plane is equal to four right angles . Let AOB , BOC , COD , and DOA be angles about the point O ...
... line at a given point is equal to two right angles . This is evident from § 32 . 35. Cor . II . The sum of all the angles about a point in a plane is equal to four right angles . Let AOB , BOC , COD , and DOA be angles about the point O ...
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... line . -E C B A Given the sum of adj . ACD and BCD equal to two rt . s . To Prove that AC and BC lie in the same str . line . Proof . If AC and BC do not lie in the same str . line , let CE be in the same str . line with AC . Then since ...
... line . -E C B A Given the sum of adj . ACD and BCD equal to two rt . s . To Prove that AC and BC lie in the same str . line . Proof . If AC and BC do not lie in the same str . line , let CE be in the same str . line with AC . Then since ...
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ABē AC and BC ACē ADē adjacent angles altitude angles are equal apothem approach the limit arc BC BCē bisector bisects centre cents chord circumference circumscribed common point construct the triangle Converse of Prop decagon diameter Draw line EFGH equal angles equal respectively equally distant equiangular equiangular polygon equivalent exterior angle Given line given point given straight line homologous sides hypotenuse intersecting isosceles triangle line CD line joining measured by arc meeting middle point non-parallel sides number of sides opposite sides parallel parallelogram perimeter perpendicular points of sides polygons AC produced Prove Proof quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle regular inscribed regular polygon rhombus right angles right triangle segments side BC sides are equal similar triangles subtended tangent THEOREM transversal trapezoid triangles are equal vertex
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Page 220 - The perpendiculars from the vertices of a triangle to the opposite sides are the bisectors of the angles of the triangle formed by joining the feet of the perpendiculars.
Page 39 - If two triangles have two sides of one equal respectively to two sides of the other, but the included angle of the first greater than the included angle of the second, then the third side of the first is greater than the third side of the second.
Page 47 - ... the three sides of one are equal, respectively, to the three sides of the other. 2. Two right triangles are congruent if...
Page 69 - A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc ; as AB.
Page 147 - If one leg of a right triangle is double the other, the perpendicular from the vertex of the right angle to the hypotenuse divides it into segments which are to each other as 1 to 4.
Page 188 - The perimeters of two regular polygons of the same number of sides, are to each other as their homologous sides, and their areas are to each other as the squares of those sides (Prop.
Page 138 - In a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Page 159 - DB as often as possible. As the lines AD and DB are incommensurable, there must be a remainder, B'B, less than one of the equal parts. Draw B'C
Page 47 - Two triangles are congruent if two sides and the included angle of one are equal respectively to two sides and the included angle of the other.