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... opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse . Thus , in the triangle ABC , right - angled at A , the side BC is the hypothenuse . B 17. Among the quadrilaterals , we distinguish : The square , which has its sides equal , and its ...
... opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse . Thus , in the triangle ABC , right - angled at A , the side BC is the hypothenuse . B 17. Among the quadrilaterals , we distinguish : The square , which has its sides equal , and its ...
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... and the same straight line . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . When two straight lines intersect each other , the opposite or ver- tical angles , which they form , are equal . Let AB and DE be two straight A lines , BOOK I. 15.
... and the same straight line . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . When two straight lines intersect each other , the opposite or ver- tical angles , which they form , are equal . Let AB and DE be two straight A lines , BOOK I. 15.
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... opposite or vertical angle ECB ( Ax . 3. ) . Scholium . The four angles formed about a point by two straight lines , which intersect each other , are together equal to four right angles : for the sum of the two angles ACE , ECB , is ...
... opposite or vertical angle ECB ( Ax . 3. ) . Scholium . The four angles formed about a point by two straight lines , which intersect each other , are together equal to four right angles : for the sum of the two angles ACE , ECB , is ...
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... opposite the equal sides are equal . Let the side BA be equal to the side AC ; then will the angle C be equal to the angle B. A For , join the vertex A , and D the middle point of the base BC . Then , the triangles BAD , DAC , will have ...
... opposite the equal sides are equal . Let the side BA be equal to the side AC ; then will the angle C be equal to the angle B. A For , join the vertex A , and D the middle point of the base BC . Then , the triangles BAD , DAC , will have ...
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... opposite to the greater an- gle ; and conversely , the greater angle is opposite to the greater side . First , Let the angle C be greater than the angle B ; then will the side AB , opposite C , be greater than AC , opposite B. For ...
... opposite to the greater an- gle ; and conversely , the greater angle is opposite to the greater side . First , Let the angle C be greater than the angle B ; then will the side AB , opposite C , be greater than AC , opposite B. For ...
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adjacent altitude angle ACB ar.-comp base multiplied bisect Book VII centre chord circ circumference circumscribed common cone consequently convex surface cosine Cotang cylinder diagonal diameter dicular distance divided draw drawn equal angles equally distant equations equivalent feet figure find the area formed four right angles frustum given angle given line greater homologous sides hypothenuse inscribed circle inscribed polygon intersection less Let ABC logarithm measured by half number of sides opposite parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN polyedron polygon ABCDE PROBLEM proportional PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant quadrilateral quantities radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angled triangle S-ABCDE Scholium secant segment side BC similar sine slant height solid angle solid described sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square described straight line tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prism vertex
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Page 213 - 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, fourths, &c.
Page 19 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 233 - It is, indeed, evident, that the negative characteristic will always be one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure.
Page 241 - In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 168 - The radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the centre to any point of the surface ; the diameter or axis is a line passing through this centre, and terminated on both sides by the surface.
Page 18 - America, but know that we are alive, that two and two make four, and that the sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the third side.
Page 155 - AG, AK. The two solids AG, AQ having the same base AEHD, are to each other as their altitudes AB, AO. In like manner, the two solids AQ, AK having the same base AOLE, are to each other as their altitudes AD, AM. Hence we have the two proportions sol.
Page 16 - If two triangles have two sides and the included angle of the one, equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, each to each, the two triangles will be equal in all their parts." Axiom 1. "Things which are equal to the same thing, are equal to each other.
Page 32 - ... is equal to twice as many right angles as the polygon
Page 287 - How many square feet are there in the convex surface of the frustum of a square pyramid, whose slant height is 10 feet, each side of the lower base 3 feet 4 inches, and each side of the upper base 2 feet 2 inches ? Ans.