 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1822 - 394 pages
...five, a pentagon ; that of six, a hexagon ; and so on. XVI. A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. Thus, ABC is a triangle right-angled at A; the side BC is B its hypotenuse. XVII. Among... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1835 - 336 pages
...scalene triangle is that which has three unequal sides. 21. Aright angled trangle is that which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. 22. An obtuse angled triangle, is that which has an obtuse angle. 23. An acute angled triangle,... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1836 - 394 pages
...scalene triangle, one which has its three sides unequal. 16. A right-angled triangle is one which O has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse. Thus, in the triangle ABC, right-angled at A, the side BC is the hypothenuse. 17. Among the quadrilaterals,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Surveying - 1839 - 376 pages
...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, 20 INTRODUCTION. 17. Among the quadrilaterals, we distinguish : The square, which has its sides... | |
 | Jason M. Mahan - Arithmetic - 1839 - 312 pages
...Ans. 19 feet. OF THE RIGHT ANGLED TRIANGLE. A right angled triangle is a plane superficies, having one right angle : the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse, the side on which the triangle stands is called the base, and the other side the perpendicular. The... | |
 | Charles Davies - Navigation - 1841 - 414 pages
...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-angled at A, the side BC is the hypothenuse. 17. Among the quadrilaterals,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Trigonometry - 1849 - 372 pages
...scalene triangle, one which has its three sides unequal, 16. A right-angled triangle is one which C has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse. Thus, in the triangle ABC, right-angled at A, the side BC is the hypothenuse. B 17. Among the quadrilaterals,... | |
 | William Minifie - Geometry, Descriptive - 1849 - 278 pages
...An ACUTE ANGLED TRIANGLE has all its angles acute, as A and Б. 22. A RIGHT ANGLED TRIANGLE has one right angle; the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse ; the other sides are called respectively the base and perpendicular. The figures А. В. C, are each... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1849 - 252 pages
...scalene triangle is one which has three unequal sides. 16. A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the kypothenuse. An obtuse-angled triangle is one which has an obtuse angle. An acute-angled triangle is... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1852 - 436 pages
...acute-angled triangle is one which has its three angles acute. 5. A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the Jiypothenuse, and the other two sides, the base and perpendicular. 6. An obtuse-angled triangle is... | |
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A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse. 
