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... triangle containing a right angle may be called a right angled triangle . XXXVI . The side opposite the right angle may be called the hypothenuse , and the other two sides the legs . One of the legs may be called the base , and the ...
... triangle containing a right angle may be called a right angled triangle . XXXVI . The side opposite the right angle may be called the hypothenuse , and the other two sides the legs . One of the legs may be called the base , and the ...
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... right angles ( 9. 1. ) to AB , and make AD equal to AB ; and through the point D , draw DE parallel ( 4. 2. ) to AB ... angled triangle , the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle , is equal to the ...
... right angles ( 9. 1. ) to AB , and make AD equal to AB ; and through the point D , draw DE parallel ( 4. 2. ) to AB ... angled triangle , the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle , is equal to the ...
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... right angles ; therefore AC is in the same straight line ( 2.1 . ) with AG : for the same reason , AB and AH are in ... triangle ABD is equivalent to the triangle FBC ; now the parallelogram BL is double ( 15. 2. ) of the triangle ...
... right angles ; therefore AC is in the same straight line ( 2.1 . ) with AG : for the same reason , AB and AH are in ... triangle ABD is equivalent to the triangle FBC ; now the parallelogram BL is double ( 15. 2. ) of the triangle ...
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... triangle between the perpendicular and the obtuse angle . Let ABC be an obtuse angled triangle , having the obtuse ... right angle ; and the square of CA is equal to the squares of CD , DA : therefore the square of BA is equal to ...
... triangle between the perpendicular and the obtuse angle . Let ABC be an obtuse angled triangle , having the obtuse ... right angle ; and the square of CA is equal to the squares of CD , DA : therefore the square of BA is equal to ...
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John Playfair. 1 PROP . VII . THEOR . If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other ... right angled triangle , if a perpendicular be drawn from the right angle to the base , the triangles on each side ...
John Playfair. 1 PROP . VII . THEOR . If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other ... right angled triangle , if a perpendicular be drawn from the right angle to the base , the triangles on each side ...
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Page 25 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts, the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square on the line between the points of section, is equal to the square on half the line.
Page 13 - To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw a straight line E iR.
Page 4 - To draw a straight line at right angles to a given straight line, from a given point in the same.
Page 29 - In obtuse-angled triangles, if a perpendicular be drawn from either of the acute angles to the opposite side produced, the square on the side subtending the obtuse angle is greater than the squares on the sides containing the obtuse angle, by twice the rectangle contained by the side...
Page 90 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Page 87 - ... magnitudes there be taken more than its half, and from the remainder more than its half, and so on, there shall at length remain a magnitude less than the least of the proposed magnitudes.
Page 1 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 13 - If a side of any triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles; and the three interior angles of every triangle are together equal to two right angles.
Page 64 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 19 - If a straight line meet two straight lines, so as to make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken together less than two right angles...