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... ALTITUDE OF A TRIANGLE , is the perpendicular distance from the vertex of either an- gle to the opposite side , or the opposite side produced . The vertex of the angle from which the distance is measured , is called the vertex of the ...
... ALTITUDE OF A TRIANGLE , is the perpendicular distance from the vertex of either an- gle to the opposite side , or the opposite side produced . The vertex of the angle from which the distance is measured , is called the vertex of the ...
Page 94
... altitudes : then will the parallelograms be equal . D H C G H Ꮐ For , let them be so placed that their lower bases shall coincide ; then , because they have the same altitude , their upper bases will be in the same line DG , parallel ...
... altitudes : then will the parallelograms be equal . D H C G H Ꮐ For , let them be so placed that their lower bases shall coincide ; then , because they have the same altitude , their upper bases will be in the same line DG , parallel ...
Page 95
... altitude . Let the triangle ABC , and the parallelogram ABFD , have equal bases and equal altitudes : then will the triangle be equal to one - half of the parallelogram . For , let them be so placed that the base of D E F the triangle ...
... altitude . Let the triangle ABC , and the parallelogram ABFD , have equal bases and equal altitudes : then will the triangle be equal to one - half of the parallelogram . For , let them be so placed that the base of D E F the triangle ...
Page 96
... altitudes AD and HK are equal , and whose bases AB and HE are commensurable : then will the areas of the rectangles be proportional to their bases . D K 1 F A B H HE , E Suppose that AB is to as 7 is to 4. Conceive AB to be divided into ...
... altitudes AD and HK are equal , and whose bases AB and HE are commensurable : then will the areas of the rectangles be proportional to their bases . D K 1 F A B H HE , E Suppose that AB is to as 7 is to 4. Conceive AB to be divided into ...
Page 97
... equal to AE : hence , ABCD : AEFD :: AB AE ; which was to be proved . : Cor . If rectangles have equal bases , they are to each other as their altitudes . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . Any two rectangles are to 7 BOOK IV . 97.
... equal to AE : hence , ABCD : AEFD :: AB AE ; which was to be proved . : Cor . If rectangles have equal bases , they are to each other as their altitudes . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . Any two rectangles are to 7 BOOK IV . 97.
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AB² ABCD AC² adjacent angles altitude angle ACB apothem Applying logarithms base and altitude centre chord circle circumference circumscribed coincide cone consequently convex surface corresponding cosec Cosine Cotang cylinder denote diameter distance divided draw drawn edges equally distant feet find the area Formula frustum given angle given line greater hence homologous hypothenuse included angle interior angles intersection less Let ABC log sin logarithm lower base mantissa mean proportional measured by half number of sides opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedral angle polyedron prism PROPOSITION proved pyramid quadrant radii radius rectangle regular polygon right-angled triangle Scholium secant segment semi-circumference side BC similar Sine slant height sphere spherical angle spherical polygon spherical triangle square straight line Tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prisms upper base vertex vertices whence
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Page 28 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 100 - The area of a triangle is equal to half the product of its base by its altitude.
Page 99 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and its height: A = bx h.
Page 59 - A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc.
Page 124 - If two polygons are composed of the same number of triangles, similar each to each and similarly placed, the polygons are similar.
Page 214 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 43 - C' (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) 112. In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 52 - If the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two other quantities, two of them may be made the extremes, and the other two the means of a proportion.
Page 123 - Similar triangles are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides.
Page 182 - The upper end of the frustum of a pyramid or cone is called the upper base...