 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1775 - 534 pages
...the other part. Let AB be the given ftraight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, fo that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, fhall be equal to the fquare of the other part. Upon AB deferibe * the fquare ABDC ; bifect b AC in... | |
 | Euclid - 1781 - 550 pages
...look II, k 10 i. e SI 46.".. *47-IPRO P. XI. PRO B. TO divide a given ftraight line into two parts, fo that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, fhall be equal to the fquare of the other part. Let AB be the given ftraight line ; it is required... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - Trigonometry - 1799 - 374 pages
...*• 11 B Let AB be the given ftraight line ; it is required to divide CoIK II. it into two parts, fo that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, fhall be equal to the fquare of the other part. Upon AB defcribe » the fquare ABDC ; bifea b AC in... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1804 - 530 pages
...of the other part. Let AB be the given ftraight line; it is required to divide it into two parts, fo that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, fhall be equal to the fquare of the other part. Upon AB defcribe » the fquare ABDC, bifect b AC in... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1806 - 320 pages
...PROP. X. PROB. TO bisect a given finite straight line, that is, to divide it into two equal parts. Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two equal parts. Describe* upon it an equilateral triangle ABC, and bi- a 1.1. sectb the angle ACB by the... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 722 pages
...and the part produced. Prop. XI. Prob. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that thé rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. Prop. XII. Theor. In obtuse angled triangles, if a perpendicular be drawn from any of the acute angles... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1813 - 456 pages
...It is required to divide a line, of 20 inches in length, into two such parts, that the rectangle of the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other. Ans. 10/5 — 10 5. It is required to divide the number 60 into two such parts, that their product... | |
 | Euclides - 1816 - 588 pages
...PROP. X. .PROB. To bisect a given finite straight line, that is, to divide it into two equal parts. Let AB be the given straight line ;, it is required to divide it into two equal parts. Describe11 upon it an equilateral triangle ABC, and bi- • 1. 1. *ectb the angle ACB... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1818 - 326 pages
...It is required to divide a line, of 20 inches in length, into two such jiarts that the rectangle of the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other. Ans. lOv/6-10 5. It is required to divide the number 60 into two such parts, that their product shall... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 740 pages
...made up of the half and the part produced. Prop. XI. Prob. To divide a given straight lint into tu'o parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal tu the fquare of the other part. Prop. XII. Theor. In obtuse angled triangles, if a perpendicular be... | |
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To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part. 
