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... drawn can be drawn between two points . 12. The shortest distance between any two points is mea- sured on the straight line which joins them . 13. Through the same point , only one line can be drawn parallel to a given line . POSTULATES ...
... drawn can be drawn between two points . 12. The shortest distance between any two points is mea- sured on the straight line which joins them . 13. Through the same point , only one line can be drawn parallel to a given line . POSTULATES ...
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... drawn , making with a given line an angle equal to a given angle . 8. A line may be drawn through a given point , parallel to a given line . NOTE . In making references , the following abbreviations are employed , viz . : A. for Axiom ...
... drawn , making with a given line an angle equal to a given angle . 8. A line may be drawn through a given point , parallel to a given line . NOTE . In making references , the following abbreviations are employed , viz . : A. for Axiom ...
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... drawn per- pendicular to AB ( Post . 6 ) ; then , by definition ( D. 12 ) , the angles A- E D } B ECA and ECB will both be right angles , and conse quently , their sum will be equal to two right angles . The angle DCA is equal to the ...
... drawn per- pendicular to AB ( Post . 6 ) ; then , by definition ( D. 12 ) , the angles A- E D } B ECA and ECB will both be right angles , and conse quently , their sum will be equal to two right angles . The angle DCA is equal to the ...
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... perpendicular to each other . Cor . 3. The sum of all the angles ACB , BCD , DCE , ECF , FCA , that can be formed about a point , is equal to four right angles . B A F E · D For , if two lines be drawn through the point 22 GEOMETRY .
... perpendicular to each other . Cor . 3. The sum of all the angles ACB , BCD , DCE , ECF , FCA , that can be formed about a point , is equal to four right angles . B A F E · D For , if two lines be drawn through the point 22 GEOMETRY .
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Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. For , if two lines be drawn through the point , mutually perpendicular to each other , the sum of the angles which they form will be equal to four right angles , and it will also be equal to the sum ...
Adrien Marie Legendre Charles Davies. For , if two lines be drawn through the point , mutually perpendicular to each other , the sum of the angles which they form will be equal to four right angles , and it will also be equal to the sum ...
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ABē ABCD ACē 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...