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The point of intersection A is the vertex of the angle , and the lines AB , AC , are its sides . A4 B The angle is sometimes designated simply by the letter at the vertex A ; sometimes by the three letters BAC , or CAB , the letter at ...
The point of intersection A is the vertex of the angle , and the lines AB , AC , are its sides . A4 B The angle is sometimes designated simply by the letter at the vertex A ; sometimes by the three letters BAC , or CAB , the letter at ...
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... form one and the same straight line . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . When two straight lines intersect each other , the opposite or vertical angles , which they form , are equal . Þ Let AB and DE be two straight A lines , BOOK I. 15.
... form one and the same straight line . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . When two straight lines intersect each other , the opposite or vertical angles , which they form , are equal . Þ Let AB and DE be two straight A lines , BOOK I. 15.
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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 equal to two right angles ; and the sum of the other two ...
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 equal to two right angles ; and the sum of the other two ...
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Hence , the point D , falling at the same time in the two straight lines BA and CA , must fall at their intersection A : hence , the two triangles EDF , BAC , coincide with each other , and are therefore equal ( Ax . 13. ) . A Cor .
Hence , the point D , falling at the same time in the two straight lines BA and CA , must fall at their intersection A : hence , the two triangles EDF , BAC , coincide with each other , and are therefore equal ( Ax . 13. ) . A Cor .
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If two circles cut each other in two points , the line which passes through their centres , will be perpendicular to the chord which joins the points of intersection , and will divide it into two equal parts .
If two circles cut each other in two points , the line which passes through their centres , will be perpendicular to the chord which joins the points of intersection , and will divide it into two equal parts .
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| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry DAVIES' COURSE OF MATHEMATICS |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Editor | Charles Davies |
| Translated by | David Brewster |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes and Company, 1839 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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