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... sides equal ; a scalene triangle , one which has its three sides unequal . 16. A right - angled triangle is one which has a right angle . The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse . Thus , in the triangle ABC , right ...
... sides equal ; a scalene triangle , one which has its three sides unequal . 16. A right - angled triangle is one which has a right angle . The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse . Thus , in the triangle ABC , right ...
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... side of the one is equal to the first side of the other , the second of the one to the second of the other , the third ... sides or angles . Definitions of terms employed in Geometry . An axiom is a self - evident proposition . A theorem ...
... side of the one is equal to the first side of the other , the second of the one to the second of the other , the third ... sides or angles . Definitions of terms employed in Geometry . An axiom is a self - evident proposition . A theorem ...
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... sides and the included angle of the one , equal to two sides and the included angle of the other , each to each , the two triangles will be equal . Let the side ED be equal to the side BA , the side DF to the side AC , and the an- gle D ...
... sides and the included angle of the one , equal to two sides and the included angle of the other , each to each , the two triangles will be equal . Let the side ED be equal to the side BA , the side DF to the side AC , and the an- gle D ...
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... side EF , will coincide with the third side BC ( Ax . 11. ) : therefore , the triangle EDF is equal to the triangle BAC ( Ax . 13. ) . Cor . When two triangles have these three things equal , namely , the side ED = BĂ , the side DF - AC ...
... side EF , will coincide with the third side BC ( Ax . 11. ) : therefore , the triangle EDF is equal to the triangle BAC ( Ax . 13. ) . Cor . When two triangles have these three things equal , namely , the side ED = BĂ , the side DF - AC ...
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... sides of a triangle , is greater than the third side . Let ABC be a triangle : then will the sum of two of its sides , as AC , CB , be greater than the third side AB . For the straight line AB is the short- est distance between the ...
... sides of a triangle , is greater than the third side . Let ABC be a triangle : then will the sum of two of its sides , as AC , CB , be greater than the third side AB . For the straight line AB is the short- est distance between the ...
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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'.