Elements of GeometryHilliard and Metcalf, 1825 - 224 pages |
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... angles by the arcs of a circle . These two sections are followed by the resolution of certain problems relating to ... right - angled triangle , those of equiangular triangles , of similar figures , & c . We shall be found fault vi Preface .
... angles by the arcs of a circle . These two sections are followed by the resolution of certain problems relating to ... right - angled triangle , those of equiangular triangles , of similar figures , & c . We shall be found fault vi Preface .
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... right line is the shortest way from one point to another . 4. Every line ... angle ; the point of meeting or intersection A , is the vertex of the angle ; the lines AB , AC ... Angles , like other quantities , are susceptible of addition.
... right line is the shortest way from one point to another . 4. Every line ... angle ; the point of meeting or intersection A , is the vertex of the angle ; the lines AB , AC ... Angles , like other quantities , are susceptible of addition.
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... angles DCE , BCE . Fig . 3 . Fig . 4 . Fig . 5 . 10. When a straight line AB ( fig . 3 ) meets another straight line CD in such a manner that the adjacent angles BAC , BAD , are equal , each of these angles is called a right angle , and ...
... angles DCE , BCE . Fig . 3 . Fig . 4 . Fig . 5 . 10. When a straight line AB ( fig . 3 ) meets another straight line CD in such a manner that the adjacent angles BAC , BAD , are equal , each of these angles is called a right angle , and ...
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... right angles are equal . Demonstration . Let the straight line CD be perpendicular to Fig . 16. AB ( fig . 16 ) , and GH to EF , the angles ACD , EGH , will be equal . Take the four distances CA , CB , GE , GF , equal to each other ...
... right angles are equal . Demonstration . Let the straight line CD be perpendicular to Fig . 16. AB ( fig . 16 ) , and GH to EF , the angles ACD , EGH , will be equal . Take the four distances CA , CB , GE , GF , equal to each other ...
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... angles ACE , ECD , BCD . The first of these is a right angle , and the two others are together equal to a right angle ; therefore the sum of the two angles ACD , BCD , is equal to two right angles . ” 29. Corollary 1. If one of the ...
... angles ACE , ECD , BCD . The first of these is a right angle , and the two others are together equal to a right angle ; therefore the sum of the two angles ACD , BCD , is equal to two right angles . ” 29. Corollary 1. If one of the ...
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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 44 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Page 63 - 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 101 - Which proves that the square of a number composed of tens and units, contains the square of the tens plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
Page 8 - Any side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two sides...
Page 122 - ... is negative in the second member, and greater than the square of half the coefficient of the first power of the unknown quantity, this equation can have only imaginary roots.
Page 180 - CD, &c., taken together, make up the perimeter of the prism's base : hence the sum of these rectangles, or the convex surface of the prism, is equal to the perimeter of its base multiplied by its altitude.
Page 54 - The sum of the squares on the sides of a parallelogram is equal to the sum of the squares on the diagonals.
Page 185 - The convex surface of a cone is equal to the circumference of the base multiplied by half the slant height.
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.