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... diameter . F K A B PROPOSITION XLIV . - THEOREM . 141. If a figure is symmetrical with respect to two AXES perpendicular to each other , it is also symmetrical with respect to the intersection of these axes as a CENTRE of symmetry . Let ...
... diameter . F K A B PROPOSITION XLIV . - THEOREM . 141. If a figure is symmetrical with respect to two AXES perpendicular to each other , it is also symmetrical with respect to the intersection of these axes as a CENTRE of symmetry . Let ...
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... diameter . By the definition of a circle , all its radii are equal ; also all its diameters are equal , each being double the radius . If one extremity , O , of a line OA is fixed , while the line revolves in a plane , the other ...
... diameter . By the definition of a circle , all its radii are equal ; also all its diameters are equal , each being double the radius . If one extremity , O , of a line OA is fixed , while the line revolves in a plane , the other ...
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... three radii drawn to these three points would be three equal straight lines drawn from the same point to the same straight line , which is impossible ( I. 36 ) . 5 * PROPOSITION II . - THEOREM . 7. Every diameter bisects BOOK II . 53.
... three radii drawn to these three points would be three equal straight lines drawn from the same point to the same straight line , which is impossible ( I. 36 ) . 5 * PROPOSITION II . - THEOREM . 7. Every diameter bisects BOOK II . 53.
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... diameter bisects the circle and its circumference . Let AMBN be a circle whose centre is 0 ; then , any diameter AOB bisects the circle and its circumference . M N B For , if the figure ANB be turned about AB as an axis and superposed ...
... diameter bisects the circle and its circumference . Let AMBN be a circle whose centre is 0 ; then , any diameter AOB bisects the circle and its circumference . M N B For , if the figure ANB be turned about AB as an axis and superposed ...
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... diameters , AOC , BOD , divide the circumference into four quad- rants , AB , BC , CD , DA . B Ө C PROPOSITION V. - THEOREM . 12. In equal circles , or in the same circle , equal arcs are subtended- by equal chords , and conversely ...
... diameters , AOC , BOD , divide the circumference into four quad- rants , AB , BC , CD , DA . B Ө C PROPOSITION V. - THEOREM . 12. In equal circles , or in the same circle , equal arcs are subtended- by equal chords , and conversely ...
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Page 19 - The perpendicular is the shortest line that can be drawn from a point to a straight line. Let PC be the perpendicular, and PD any oblique line, from the point P to the line AB. Then PC < PD. For, produce PC to P', making CP
Page 129 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and its height: A = bx h.
Page 46 - The three perpendiculars from the vertices of a triangle to the opposite sides meet in the same point.
Page 115 - It follows from § 259 that if through a fixed point without a circle a secant and a tangent be drawn, the tangent is a mean proportional between the whole secant and its external segment.
Page 117 - The sum of the squares of the sides of any quadrilateral is equal to the sum of the squares of the diagonals plus four times the square of the line joining the middle points of the diagonals.
Page 216 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles.
Page 74 - An angle formed by a tangent and a chord is measured by onehalf the intercepted arc.
Page 107 - If two polygons are composed of the same number of triangles similar each to each and similarly placed, the polygons are similar. Let the polygon AB...
Page 95 - If four quantities are in proportion, they are in proportion by composition, ie the sum of the first two terms is to the second term as the sum of the last two terms is to the fourth term.
Page 255 - A spherical polygon is a portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by three or more arcs of great circles. The bounding arcs are the sides of the polygon ; the...