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... vertices . B The angles of the triangle are the angles CAB , ABC , and BCA , formed by the adjacent sides . An exterior angle of a triangle is the angle formed at any vertex by any side of the triangle and the adjacent side produced ...
... vertices . B The angles of the triangle are the angles CAB , ABC , and BCA , formed by the adjacent sides . An exterior angle of a triangle is the angle formed at any vertex by any side of the triangle and the adjacent side produced ...
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... vertices . K B A ' D 4 H E G F Let AB be parallel to DH , and BC to KF . I. To prove that the angles ABC and DEF , whose sides AB and DE , and also BC and EF , extend in the same direction from their vertices , are equal . Let BC and DH ...
... vertices . K B A ' D 4 H E G F Let AB be parallel to DH , and BC to KF . I. To prove that the angles ABC and DEF , whose sides AB and DE , and also BC and EF , extend in the same direction from their vertices , are equal . Let BC and DH ...
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... vertices . Let AB be parallel to DH , and BC to KF . To prove that the angles ABC and DEK , whose sides AB and DE ex- B K E F H tend in the same direction , and BC and EK in opposite directions , from their vertices , are supplementary ...
... vertices . Let AB be parallel to DH , and BC to KF . To prove that the angles ABC and DEK , whose sides AB and DE ex- B K E F H tend in the same direction , and BC and EK in opposite directions , from their vertices , are supplementary ...
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... vertices . ] ( § 79. ) But each of the angles HEK and DEF is the complement of FEH . Whence , ZHEK = / DEF . [ The complements of equal angles are equal . ] Therefore , LABCL DEF . Again , DEF is the supplement of ( § 33. ) DEG . [ If ...
... vertices . ] ( § 79. ) But each of the angles HEK and DEF is the complement of FEH . Whence , ZHEK = / DEF . [ The complements of equal angles are equal . ] Therefore , LABCL DEF . Again , DEF is the supplement of ( § 33. ) DEG . [ If ...
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... vertices A and B of a triangle ABC are 148 ° and 83 ° respectively ; how many degrees are there in each angle of the triangle ? How many degrees are there in the exterior angle at the vertex C ? • 29. How many degrees are there in each ...
... vertices A and B of a triangle ABC are 148 ° and 83 ° respectively ; how many degrees are there in each angle of the triangle ? How many degrees are there in the exterior angle at the vertex C ? • 29. How many degrees are there in each ...
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Page 38 - If two triangles have two sides of one equal respectively to two sides of the other, but the included angle of the first greater than the included angle of the second, then the third side of the first is greater than the third side of the second.
Page 65 - The straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side, and equal to half of it.
Page 170 - 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. To prove that Proof. A Let the triangles ABC and ADE have the common angle A. A ABC -AB X AC Now and A ADE AD X AE Draw BE.
Page 120 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms the means.
Page 24 - Two triangles are congruent if (a) two sides and the included angle of one are equal, respectively, to two sides and the included angle of the other...
Page 123 - In any proportion the terms are in proportion by composition and division ; that is, the sum of the first two terms is to their difference as the sum of the last two terms to their difference.
Page 322 - A spherical polygon is a portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by three or more arcs of great circles. The...
Page 248 - The projection of a point on a plane is the foot of the perpendicular from the point to the plane.