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Page 93
... ALTITUDE OF A TRIANGLE , is the perpendicular distance from the vertex of either an- gle to the opposite side , or the opposite side produced . The vertex of the angle from which the distance is measured , is called the vertex of the ...
... ALTITUDE OF A TRIANGLE , is the perpendicular distance from the vertex of either an- gle to the opposite side , or the opposite side produced . The vertex of the angle from which the distance is measured , is called the vertex of the ...
Page 94
... altitudes : then will the parallelograms be equal . For , let them be so placed that their lower bases shall coincide ; then , because they have the same altitude , their upper bases will be in the same line DG , parallel to AB . C G H ...
... altitudes : then will the parallelograms be equal . For , let them be so placed that their lower bases shall coincide ; then , because they have the same altitude , their upper bases will be in the same line DG , parallel to AB . C G H ...
Page 95
... altitude . Let the triangle ABC , and the parallelogram ABFD , have equal bases and equal altitudes : then will the triangle be equal to one - half of the parallelogram . For , let them be so placed that the base of D E F the triangle ...
... altitude . Let the triangle ABC , and the parallelogram ABFD , have equal bases and equal altitudes : then will the triangle be equal to one - half of the parallelogram . For , let them be so placed that the base of D E F the triangle ...
Page 96
... altitudes AD and HK are equal , and whose bases AB and HE are commensurable : then will the areas of the rectangles be proportional to their bases . D K Suppose that AB is to HE , as 7 is to 4. Conceive AB to be divided into 7 equal ...
... altitudes AD and HK are equal , and whose bases AB and HE are commensurable : then will the areas of the rectangles be proportional to their bases . D K Suppose that AB is to HE , as 7 is to 4. Conceive AB to be divided into 7 equal ...
Page 97
... be equal to AE : hence , ABCD : AEFD :: AB AE ; which was to be proved . Cor . If rectangles have equal bases , they are to each other as their altitudes . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . Any two rectangles are to 7 BOOK IV . 97.
... be equal to AE : hence , ABCD : AEFD :: AB AE ; which was to be proved . Cor . If rectangles have equal bases , they are to each other as their altitudes . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . Any two rectangles are to 7 BOOK IV . 97.
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ABCD ACĀ² adjacent angles altitude angle ACB apothem Applying logarithms base and altitude bisect centre chord circle circumference circumscribed coincide cone consequently convex surface corresponding cosec cosine Cotang cylinder denote diagonals diameter distance divided draw drawn edges equally distant feet find the area Formula frustum given angle given line given point greater hence homologous hypothenuse included angle interior angles intersection less Let ABC log sin logarithm lower base mantissa mean proportional measured by half middle point number of sides opposite parallel parallelogram parallelopipedon perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedral angle polyedron prism PROBLEM PROPOSITION proved pyramid quadrant radii radius rectangle regular polygons right angles right-angled triangle Scholium secant segment side BC similar sine slant height sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square Tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prisms triedral angle upper base vertex vertices whence