Junior High School Mathematics ...B.H. Sanborn & Company, 1919 - Mathematics |
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Page 206 - From a point 100 ft. from the foot of a tree, the angle of elevation of the top of the tree is 50°.
Page 103 - Multiply the area of the base by one-third the altitude. 3. Find the solid contents of a cone whose altitude is 24 ft, and the diameter of its base 30 inches. 4. What is the cost of a triangular pyramid...
Page 114 - ... that the area of the square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the areas of the squares on the two legs.
Page 181 - INSURANCE You have heard people speak of carrying insurance on their property or on their health or life. Insurance is an agreement by an insurance company, for a consideration called a premium, to compensate the insured party for actual losses or damages arising from certain stipulated causes. The agreement or contract is called the policy. The sum of money specified in the policy to be paid in case of loss is called the face of the policy. There are two general classes of insurance: property insurance,...
Page 114 - In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs.
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Page 100 - The solid content of any cylinder or prism is found by multiplying together the number of square units in the base and the number of linear units in the altitude ; and one-third of a similar product is the content of a pyramid or a cone.