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A B C ABCD Fig adjacent angles altitude angles are equal Axiom axis base bisectors bisects body breadth called centre chord circumference circumscribed common concave angle cone Construct a triangle corners Corollary cube curved cylinder decagon diagonal diameter distance divide draw a line edges ellipse equilateral triangle equivalent Exercises Exercises.-1 exterior angle figure find the area Find the side four frustum Geometry given angle given circle given line given point height Hence homologous sides horizontal hypotenuse inscribed angle intersection isosceles triangle join Law of Equality legs less radius magnitudes number of sides paper parallel lines parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular prism Problem proportion pyramid quadrilateral radii ratio rectangle regular hexagon regular polygon rhombus right angle right triangle ruler sector segment shape similar triangles solid angle sphere square meters straight line tangent Theorem three angles trapezoid triangle ABC units of length vertex vertical
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Page 129 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and its height: A = bx h.
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