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A parallelogram is a quadrilateral which has both its pairs of opposite sides parallel . And it takes the following particular names , viz . rectangle , square , rhombus , rhomboid . 38. A rectangle is a parallelogram , having a right ...
A parallelogram is a quadrilateral which has both its pairs of opposite sides parallel . And it takes the following particular names , viz . rectangle , square , rhombus , rhomboid . 38. A rectangle is a parallelogram , having a right ...
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D B The opposite sides and angles of any parallelogram are equal to each other ; and the diagonal divides it into two equal triangles . Let ABCD be a parallelogram , of which the diagonal is BD ; then will its opposite sides and angles ...
D B The opposite sides and angles of any parallelogram are equal to each other ; and the diagonal divides it into two equal triangles . Let ABCD be a parallelogram , of which the diagonal is BD ; then will its opposite sides and angles ...
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D Parallelograms , as also triangles , standing on the same base , and between the same parallels , are equal to each ... will the parallelogram ABCD be equal to the parallelogram ABEF , and the triangle ABC equal to the triangle ABF .
D Parallelograms , as also triangles , standing on the same base , and between the same parallels , are equal to each ... will the parallelogram ABCD be equal to the parallelogram ABEF , and the triangle ABC equal to the triangle ABF .
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A triangle is equal to half a parallelogram of the same base and altitude , because the altitude is the perpendicular distance between the parallels , which is every where equal , by the definition of parallels . Cor . 2.
A triangle is equal to half a parallelogram of the same base and altitude , because the altitude is the perpendicular distance between the parallels , which is every where equal , by the definition of parallels . Cor . 2.
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Now , since triangles , or parallelograms , of equal bases and altitude , are equal ( cor . 2 , th . 25 ) , the parallelogram DG is equal to the parallelogram HE , and the triangle CGB is equal to the triangle CHB ; consequently the ...
Now , since triangles , or parallelograms , of equal bases and altitude , are equal ( cor . 2 , th . 25 ) , the parallelogram DG is equal to the parallelogram HE , and the triangle CGB is equal to the triangle CHB ; consequently the ...
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