Plane and Solid Geometry

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American Book Company, 1912 - Geometry - 488 pages
 

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Page 85 - The line joining the mid-points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side, and equal to half the third side.
Page 445 - The sum of the angles of a spherical triangle is greater than two and less than six right angles ; that is, greater than 180° and less than 540°. (g'). If A'B'C' is the polar triangle of ABC, that is, if A, -B, and С are the poles of the arcs a', b', and c', respectively, then, conversely, А B С is the polar triangle of A'B'C'.
Page 451 - The volumes of two spheres are to each other as the cubes of their radii or as the cubes of their diameters.
Page 66 - If in a right triangle a perpendicular is drawn from the vertex of the right angle to the hypotenuse : I.
Page 61 - If two parallel lines are cut by a third straight line, the sum of the two interior angles on the same side of the secant line is equal to two right angles.
Page 169 - For, if we have given ab' = a'b, then, dividing by bb', we obtain Corollary. The terms of a proportion may be written In any order which will make the product of the extremes equal to the product of the means.
Page 345 - The lateral area of a prism is equal to the product of the perimeter of a right section of the prism by a lateral edge. Let AD...
Page 152 - ... ratios ; or which will leave the product of the means equal to the product of the extremes.
Page iii - LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Page 343 - If two pyramids have equal altitudes and equivalent bases, sections made by planes parallel to the bases, and at equal distances from the vertices, are equivalent.

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