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The denomination which occupies the place of inches in these products , means not square inches , but rectangles of an inch broad and a foot long . Thus , ; 9 the answer to the first example is 29 DUODECIMALS . 63.
The denomination which occupies the place of inches in these products , means not square inches , but rectangles of an inch broad and a foot long . Thus , ; 9 the answer to the first example is 29 DUODECIMALS . 63.
Page 122
From the principle that the rectangle of the sum and difference of two quantities is equal to the difference of their squares , some useful theorems obviously flow : viz . 1. a 2 - 62 = ( a + b ) ( a - b ) .
From the principle that the rectangle of the sum and difference of two quantities is equal to the difference of their squares , some useful theorems obviously flow : viz . 1. a 2 - 62 = ( a + b ) ( a - b ) .
Page 132
If the term rectangle of two lines , in the first ten propositions of the second book of Euclid , be exchanged for the term product of two numbers , and square on a line for the square of a number ; show that the propositions thus ...
If the term rectangle of two lines , in the first ten propositions of the second book of Euclid , be exchanged for the term product of two numbers , and square on a line for the square of a number ; show that the propositions thus ...
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And it takes the following particular names , viz . rectangle , square , rhombus , rhomboid . 38. A rectangle is a parallelogram , having a right angle . 39. A square is an equilateral rectangle ; having its length and breadth equal ...
And it takes the following particular names , viz . rectangle , square , rhombus , rhomboid . 38. A rectangle is a parallelogram , having a right angle . 39. A square is an equilateral rectangle ; having its length and breadth equal ...
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Hence , if one angle of a parallelogram be a right angle , all the other three will also be right angles , and the parallelogram a rectangle . Cor . 2. Hence also , the sum of any two adjacent angles of a parallelogram is equal to two ...
Hence , if one angle of a parallelogram be a right angle , all the other three will also be right angles , and the parallelogram a rectangle . Cor . 2. Hence also , the sum of any two adjacent angles of a parallelogram is equal to two ...
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