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ABCD accompanying design altitude apothem arcs area bounded axes of symmetry axioms base and altitude bisectors bisects central angle chord circumference congruent corresponding sides definite diagonal diameter divided Draw drawn equal angles equal circles equilateral triangle EXERCISES exterior angle feet Find the area Find the locus Find the radius fixed point geometric Give the proof given circle given point given triangle greater Hence hypotenuse inscribed intersect isosceles triangle length line-segment measure meet middle points number of sides Outline of Proof parallel lines parallelogram perimeter perpendicular proof in full Prove quadrilateral radii ratio rectangle regular dodecagon regular hexagon regular octagon regular polygon regular triangle respectively rhombus right angle right triangle secant semicircle Show shown straight angle straight line strip subtend SUGGESTION tangent THEOREM tile trapezoid triangle ABC unit vertex vertices width
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Page 215 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other...
Page 35 - An exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the two opposite interior angles.
Page 22 - Any side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two sides...
Page 113 - Sines that the bisector of an angle of a triangle divides the opposite side into parts proportional to the adjacent sides.
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Page 52 - The straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equal to half of it 46 INTERCEPTS BY PARALLEL LINES.
Page 174 - The areas of two regular polygons of the same number of sides are to each other as the squares of their radii, or as the squares of their apothems.
Page 153 - The formula states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the base and altitude.
Page 219 - Find the locus of a point such that the difference of the squares of its distances from two fixed points is a constant.
Page 202 - The area of a rectangle is equal to the product of its base and altitude.