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... rectangle , which has its angles right an- gles , without having its sides equal . The parallelogram , or rhomboid , which has its opposite sides parallel . The rhombus , or lozenge , which has its sides equal , without having its ...
... rectangle , which has its angles right an- gles , without having its sides equal . The parallelogram , or rhomboid , which has its opposite sides parallel . The rhombus , or lozenge , which has its sides equal , without having its ...
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... rectangle and the square . Cor . 2. The sum of the angles of a pentagon is equal to two right angles multiplied by 5-2 , which amounts to six right angles : hence , when a pentagon is equiangular , each angle is equal to the fifth part ...
... rectangle and the square . Cor . 2. The sum of the angles of a pentagon is equal to two right angles multiplied by 5-2 , which amounts to six right angles : hence , when a pentagon is equiangular , each angle is equal to the fifth part ...
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... rectangle ; if , in addition to this , the sides are equal , it will be a square . PROBLEM XIII . To find the centre of a given circle or arc . Take three points , A , B , C , any where in the circumference , or the arc ; draw AB , BC ...
... rectangle ; if , in addition to this , the sides are equal , it will be a square . PROBLEM XIII . To find the centre of a given circle or arc . Take three points , A , B , C , any where in the circumference , or the arc ; draw AB , BC ...
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... rectangle ABGH , which has the same base AB , and the same altitude AH : for the rectangle ABGH is equivalent to the parallelogram ABCD ( Prop . I. Cor . ) . Cor . 2. All triangles , which have equal bases and altitudes , are equivalent ...
... rectangle ABGH , which has the same base AB , and the same altitude AH : for the rectangle ABGH is equivalent to the parallelogram ABCD ( Prop . I. Cor . ) . Cor . 2. All triangles , which have equal bases and altitudes , are equivalent ...
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... rectangle ABCD will contain seven partial rectangles , while AEFD will contain four : hence the rectangle ABCD is to AEFD as 7 is to 4 , or as AB is to AE . The same reasoning may be applied to any other ratio equally with that of 7 to ...
... rectangle ABCD will contain seven partial rectangles , while AEFD will contain four : hence the rectangle ABCD is to AEFD as 7 is to 4 , or as AB is to AE . The same reasoning may be applied to any other ratio equally with that of 7 to ...
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Page 241 - In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 18 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 213 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, and these into thirds, fourths, &c.
Page 233 - It is, indeed, evident, that the negative characteristic will always be one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure.
Page 287 - How many square feet are there in the convex surface of the frustum of a square pyramid, whose slant height is 10 feet, each side of the lower base 3 feet 4 inches, and each side of the upper base 2 feet 2 inches ? Ans.
Page 168 - The radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the centre to any point of the surface ; the diameter or axis is a line passing through this centre, and terminated on both sides by the surface.
Page 18 - America, but know that we are alive, that two and two make four, and that the sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the third side.
Page 169 - The convex surface of a cylinder is equal to the circumference of its base multiplied by its altitude, Fig.
Page 20 - In an isosceles triangle the angles opposite the equal sides are equal.
Page 86 - 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'.