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... perimeter . The first section of the second part contains the properties of planes and of solid angles . This part is very necessary for the understanding of solids and of figures in which different planes are considered . We have ...
... perimeter . The first section of the second part contains the properties of planes and of solid angles . This part is very necessary for the understanding of solids and of figures in which different planes are considered . We have ...
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... perimeter of the polygon . Fig . 7 . 14. The polygon of three sides is the most simple of these figures , and is called a triangle ; that of four sides is called a quadrilateral ; that of five sides , a pentagon ; that of six , a hexa ...
... perimeter of the polygon . Fig . 7 . 14. The polygon of three sides is the most simple of these figures , and is called a triangle ; that of four sides is called a quadrilateral ; that of five sides , a pentagon ; that of six , a hexa ...
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... perimeter in more than two points . THEOREM .スタ 84. The opposite sides of a parallelogram are equal , and the oppo- site angles also are equal . Demonstration . Draw the diagonal BD ( fig . 44 ) ; the two triangles ADB , DBC , have ...
... perimeter in more than two points . THEOREM .スタ 84. The opposite sides of a parallelogram are equal , and the oppo- site angles also are equal . Demonstration . Draw the diagonal BD ( fig . 44 ) ; the two triangles ADB , DBC , have ...
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... perimeters of similar polygons are as their homologous sides , and their surfaces are as the squares of these sides ... perimeter of the second figure , as one antecedent , is to its consequent ( iv ) , or as the side AB is to its ...
... perimeters of similar polygons are as their homologous sides , and their surfaces are as the squares of these sides ... perimeter of the second figure , as one antecedent , is to its consequent ( iv ) , or as the side AB is to its ...
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... perimeter multiplied by half of the radius of the inscribed circle . For the triangles AOB , BOC , AOC ( fig . 87 ) , which have their Fig 37 . common vertex in O , have for their common altitude the radius of the inscribed circle ...
... perimeter multiplied by half of the radius of the inscribed circle . For the triangles AOB , BOC , AOC ( fig . 87 ) , which have their Fig 37 . common vertex in O , have for their common altitude the radius of the inscribed circle ...
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adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAD angles equal base ABCD bisect centre chord circ circular sector circumference circumscribed common cone consequently construction convex surface Corollary cube cylinder Demonstration diagonals diameter draw drawn equal and parallel equiangular equilateral equivalent faces figure four right angles frustum Geom geometry gles greater hence homologous sides hypothenuse inclination inscribed circle intersection isosceles join less let fall line AC manner mean proportional measure the half meet multiplied number of sides oblique lines opposite parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism proposition quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles right-angled triangle Scholium segment semicircumference side BC similar solid angle sphere spherical polygons spherical triangle square described straight line tangent THEOREM three plane angles triangular prism triangular pyramids vertex vertices whence
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Page 9 - 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 63 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Page 9 - Hence a straight line drawn from the vertex of an isosceles triangle, to the middle of the base, is perpendicular to that base, and divides the vertical angle into two equal parts.
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Page 61 - 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. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page 166 - In any spherical triangle, the greater side is opposite the greater angle ; and conversely, the greater angle is opposite the greater side.
Page 153 - CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E.
Page 25 - Two equal chords are equally distant from the centre ; and of two unequal chords, the less is at the greater distance from the centre.
Page 164 - If two triangles have two sides and the inchtded angle of the one respectively equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, the two triangles are equal in all respects.