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Hence , the point D , falling at the same time in the two straight lines BA and CA , must fall at their intersection A : hence , the two triangles EDF , BAC , coincide with each other , and are therefore equal ( Ax . 13. ) . Cor .
Hence , the point D , falling at the same time in the two straight lines BA and CA , must fall at their intersection A : hence , the two triangles EDF , BAC , coincide with each other , and are therefore equal ( Ax . 13. ) . Cor .
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The triangle BCF , is equal to the triangle BCA , for they have the right angle CBF CBA , the side CB common , and the - D side BF = BA ; hence the third sides , CF and CA are equal ( Prop . V. Cor . ) . But ABF , being a straight line ...
The triangle BCF , is equal to the triangle BCA , for they have the right angle CBF CBA , the side CB common , and the - D side BF = BA ; hence the third sides , CF and CA are equal ( Prop . V. Cor . ) . But ABF , being a straight line ...
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Hence AB and CD are . perpendicular to the same straight line ; hence they are parallel ( Prop . XVIII . ) . A R Q P B PROPOSITION XXIII . THEOREM . Two parallels are every where equally distant . Two parallels AB , CD , being CH given ...
Hence AB and CD are . perpendicular to the same straight line ; hence they are parallel ( Prop . XVIII . ) . A R Q P B PROPOSITION XXIII . THEOREM . Two parallels are every where equally distant . Two parallels AB , CD , being CH given ...
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and since DG is parallel to AB , the angle DGC is equal to BAC ; hence , the angle DEF is equal to BAC ( Ax . 1. ) . Scholium . The restriction of this proposition to the case where the side EF lies in the same direction with AC ...
and since DG is parallel to AB , the angle DGC is equal to BAC ; hence , the angle DEF is equal to BAC ( Ax . 1. ) . Scholium . The restriction of this proposition to the case where the side EF lies in the same direction with AC ...
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right angles : hence , if all the angles of a quadrilateral are equal , each of them will be a right angle ; a conclusion which sanctions the seventeenth Definition , whère the four angles of a quadrilateral are asserted to be right ...
right angles : hence , if all the angles of a quadrilateral are equal , each of them will be a right angle ; a conclusion which sanctions the seventeenth Definition , whère the four angles of a quadrilateral are asserted to be right ...
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| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Editor | Charles Davies |
| Translated by | David Brewster |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes and Company, 1834 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 14 Oct 2010 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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