A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. Composed for the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Volume 1Longman, Orme & Company, 1841 - Mathematics |
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... angle , and the straight lines are said to be perpen- dicular to one another . 26. An oblique angle is that which is made by two oblique lines ; and is either less or greater than a right angle . Of oblique angles , that which is less ...
... angle , and the straight lines are said to be perpen- dicular to one another . 26. An oblique angle is that which is made by two oblique lines ; and is either less or greater than a right angle . Of oblique angles , that which is less ...
Page 293
... angle . All other triangles are oblique - angled , and are either obtuse or acute . 34. An obtuse - angled triangle has one obtuse angle . 35. An acute - angled triangle has all its three angles acute . 36. A figure of four sides and angles ...
... angle . All other triangles are oblique - angled , and are either obtuse or acute . 34. An obtuse - angled triangle has one obtuse angle . 35. An acute - angled triangle has all its three angles acute . 36. A figure of four sides and angles ...
Page 294
... angle , or its vertex , to the opposite side , called the base . 57. In a right - angled triangle , the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the legs , and sometimes the base and ...
... angle , or its vertex , to the opposite side , called the base . 57. In a right - angled triangle , the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the legs , and sometimes the base and ...
Page 295
... angle on a segment , or an arc , is that which is contained by two lines , drawn from any point in the opposite or supplemental part of the circum- ference , to the extremities of the arc , and containing the arc between them . 65. An angle ...
... angle on a segment , or an arc , is that which is contained by two lines , drawn from any point in the opposite or supplemental part of the circum- ference , to the extremities of the arc , and containing the arc between them . 65. An angle ...
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... angles are equal to one another . 11. Angles that have equal measures , or arcs , are equal . THEOREM I. * If two triangles have two sides and the included angle in the one , equal to two sides and the included angle in the other , the ...
... angles are equal to one another . 11. Angles that have equal measures , or arcs , are equal . THEOREM I. * If two triangles have two sides and the included angle in the one , equal to two sides and the included angle in the other , the ...
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