Introductory Course in General Mathematics, Volume 3H. Milford, 1926 - Mathematics |
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ABCD angle AOB angle of elevation Antilogs axis base breadth centre chord circumference Common Logarithms Compound Interest cone construct a triangle cube cubic foot curve decimal diagram distance draw a circle Draw a third Draw the graph draw two equal edge equal circles equilateral triangle Example expression factors feet Find the area Find the length find the number find the ratio find the roots Find the values given hypotenuse inches inversely Join lateral surface logarithms mantissa measure method miles per hour obtain parabola Plotting these points prism quadratic equations Ques rectangle Repeat Exercise rhombus right angles second circle semicircle side Simple Interest Simplify simultaneous equations slant height sphere square pyramid straight line Take a tracing tangent total surface area tracing paper varies directly vertical height volume yards
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Page 91 - The opposite angles of a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle are together equal to two right angles, with converse.
Page 88 - The angles in the same segment of a circle are equal to one another.
Page 163 - A party of tourists set out for a station 3 miles distant and go at the rate of 3 miles an hour. After going half a mile one of them has to return to the starting point ; at what rate must he now...
Page 65 - ... the answer must be less than the middle term, multiply the middle term by the least extreme, and divide the product by the greatest ; in either case the quotient will be the answer.
Page 95 - The pressure of wind on a plane surface varies jointly as the area of the surface, and the square of the wind's velocity. The pressure on a square foot is 1 Ib.
Page 139 - Hence, (2) the time of one vibration of a pendulum varies as the square root of its length.
Page 1 - The line joining the vertex of an isosceles triangle to the middle point of the base is perpendicular to the base and bisects the vertex angle.
Page 10 - Find the equation of the straight line which passes through the points A(5, 2) and B(l, -2).
Page 57 - Prop. 33), that angles at the centre of a circle are proportional to the arcs on which they stand. It...