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" The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and its height: A = bx h. "
Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry - Page 99
by Adrien Marie Legendre - 1863 - 455 pages
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The New Practical Builder and Workman's Companion, Containing a Full Display ...

Peter Nicholson - Architecture - 1823 - 210 pages
...rectangle is said to be contained by two of its sides, about any one of its angles. THEOREM 52. 147. The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and altitude. For the parallelogram ABCD is equal to the rectangle ABEF, which has the same base AB, and the same...
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Elements of Plane Geometry: For the Use of Schools

Nicholas Tillinghast - Geometry, Plane - 1844 - 108 pages
...parallelogram is equivalent to a rectangle which has an equal base and equal altitude. Cor. 2. Hence the area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base by its altitude (Prop. 1).* Cor. 3. Hence parallelograms of equal altitudes, are in proportion...
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Elements of Geometry and Conic Sections

Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1849 - 252 pages
...linear units contained in the base, and the other the number of linear units contained in the altitude. PROPOSITION V. THEOREM. The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base by its altitude. Cor. Parallelograms of the same base are to each other as their altitudes, and...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry

Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1852 - 436 pages
...square on a single one ; on a triple line it is nine times as great, &c. E PROPOSITION V. THEOEEM. The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and altitude. Let ABCD be any parallelogram, and BE its altitude : then will its area be equal to ABxBE. Draw Af] ar1d complete...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry from the Works of A.M. Legendre ...

Charles Davies - Geometry - 1854 - 436 pages
...four times as great as the square on a single one ; on a triple line it is nine times as great, &c. PROPOSITION V. THEOREM. The area of a parallelogram...the product of its base and altitude. Let ABCD be any parallelogram, and BE its altitude: then will its area be equal to AB x BE. Draw BE perpendicular...
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Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising ...

Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1855 - 628 pages
...is an equilateral parallelogram or rhojnbus. The diagonals of a rectangle are equal to each other. The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base by its altitude. Any two parallelograms having the same or equal bases are to each other as their...
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Practical carpentry, joinery, and cabinet-making [by P. Nicholson. by P ...

Peter Nicholson - Cabinetwork - 1856 - 482 pages
...rectangle is said to be contained by two of its sides, about any one of its angles. THEOREM 43. 111. The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and altitude. For the parallelogram ABCD is equal to the rectangle ABEF, which has the same base AB, and the same...
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Elements of Geometry and Conic Sections

Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1858 - 256 pages
...linear units contained in the base, and the other the number of linear units contained in the altitude. PROPOSITION V. THEOREM. The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base by its altitude. Let ABCD be a parallelogram, AF its -pn EC altitude, and AB its base ; then is...
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The Normal Elementary Geometry: Embracing a Brief Treatise on Mensuration ...

Edward Brooks - Geometry - 1868 - 284 pages
...interesting and practical books of Geometry. AREA OF POLYGONS. THEOREM I. The area of a rectangle is equal to the product of its base and altitude. Let ABCD be a rectangle; then will its area be equal to the product of its base and altitude. For, let the line AE...
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A Treatise on Elementary Geometry: With Appendices Containing a Collection ...

William Chauvenet - Geometry - 1871 - 380 pages
...is measured by the product of the numerical measures of the lines. PROPOSITION IV.— THEOREM. 10. The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product...its base and altitude. Let ABCD be a parallelogram, k the numerical measure of its base AB, h that of its altitude AF; and denote its area by S; then,...
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