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... square of 3 is re- quired ; as , 3 × 3 = 9 . Signifies that the cube or third power of 4 is required ; as , 4x4x4-64 . Prefixed to any number , signifies that the square root of that number is required ; as , 9-3 . Prefixed to any ...
... square of 3 is re- quired ; as , 3 × 3 = 9 . Signifies that the cube or third power of 4 is required ; as , 4x4x4-64 . Prefixed to any number , signifies that the square root of that number is required ; as , 9-3 . Prefixed to any ...
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... square be given , either side may be found by extracting the square root of the given area . This is merely reversing the rule in Art . 4 , where a given side is squared . Ex . 1. What is the width of a street 12 rods long , which ...
... square be given , either side may be found by extracting the square root of the given area . This is merely reversing the rule in Art . 4 , where a given side is squared . Ex . 1. What is the width of a street 12 rods long , which ...
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... square rods of land are there in a lot which is laid out in a right angled triangle , the base mea- suring 19 rods ... root of the product ; the quotient will be the required area of the triangle . Ex . 1. If the sides of a triangle are ...
... square rods of land are there in a lot which is laid out in a right angled triangle , the base mea- suring 19 rods ... root of the product ; the quotient will be the required area of the triangle . Ex . 1. If the sides of a triangle are ...
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... Square each of the sides separately . II . Add together these squares . III . Extract the square root of the sum , which will be the hypotenuse . One of the properties of a right angled triangle is , that the square of either side is ...
... Square each of the sides separately . II . Add together these squares . III . Extract the square root of the sum , which will be the hypotenuse . One of the properties of a right angled triangle is , that the square of either side is ...
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... square of the leg whose length is known , from the square of the hypotenuse , and the square root of their difference will be the answer . Ex . 1. If AC ( Prob . 2 ) = 70 feet , and BC - 60 feet , what will be the length of the side AB ...
... square of the leg whose length is known , from the square of the hypotenuse , and the square root of their difference will be the answer . Ex . 1. If AC ( Prob . 2 ) = 70 feet , and BC - 60 feet , what will be the length of the side AB ...
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Page 53 - RULE. Find the area of the sector which has the same arc, and also the area of the triangle formed by the chord of the segment and the radii of the sector. Then...
Page 35 - Now, since the areas of similar polygons are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides...
Page 79 - A sphere is a solid terminated by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 80 - A zone is a portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes.
Page 90 - ... to three times the square of the radius of the segment's base, add the square of its height ; then multiply the sum by the height, and the product by .5236 for the contents.
Page 49 - From 8 times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the whole arc, and ' of the remainder will be the length of the arc nearly.
Page 72 - RULE.* To the sum of the areas of the two ends add four times the area of a section parallel to and equally distant from both ends, and this last sum multiplied by £ of the height will give the solidity.
Page 51 - As 360 degrees is to the number of degrees in the arc of the sector, so is the area of the circle to the area of the sector.
Page 91 - From three times the diameter of the sphere subtract twice the height of the segment; multiply this remainder by the square of the height and the product by 0.5236.
Page 39 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, called the Circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from a certain point within, called its Centre.
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Practical System of Mensuration of Superficies and Solids ... |
| Author | J. M. Scribner |
| Publisher | H. & J. C. Ivison, 1844 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 123 pages |
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