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... sides .. -B The angle is sometimes designated simply by the letter at the vertex A ; sometimes by the three letters BAC , or CAB , the letter at the vertex being always placed in the middle . Angles , like all other quantities , are ...
... sides .. -B The angle is sometimes designated simply by the letter at the vertex A ; sometimes by the three letters BAC , or CAB , the letter at the vertex being always placed in the middle . Angles , like all other quantities , are ...
Page 11
... sides equal ; a 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 ...
... sides equal ; a 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 ...
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... side of the one is equal to the first side of the other , the second of the one to the second of the other , the third ... sides or angles . Definitions of terms employed in Geometry . An axiom is a self - evident proposition . A theorem ...
... side of the one is equal to the first side of the other , the second of the one to the second of the other , the third ... sides or angles . Definitions of terms employed in Geometry . An axiom is a self - evident proposition . A theorem ...
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... sides and the included angle of the one , equal to two sides and the included angle of the other , each to each , the two triangles will be equal . Let the side ED be equal to the side BA , the side DF to the side AC , and the an- gle D ...
... sides and the included angle of the one , equal to two sides and the included angle of the other , each to each , the two triangles will be equal . Let the side ED be equal to the side BA , the side DF to the side AC , and the an- gle D ...
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... side EF , will coincide with the third side BC ( Ax . 11. ) : therefore , the triangle EDF is equal to the triangle BAC ( Ax . 13. ) . Cor . When two triangles have these three things equal , namely , the side ED = BA , the side DF - AC ...
... side EF , will coincide with the third side BC ( Ax . 11. ) : therefore , the triangle EDF is equal to the triangle BAC ( Ax . 13. ) . Cor . When two triangles have these three things equal , namely , the side ED = BA , the side DF - AC ...
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adjacent adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAC ar.-comp base multiplied bisect Book centre chord circ circumference circumscribed common cone consequently convex surface cylinder diagonal diameter dicular distance draw drawn equal angles equally distant equation equiangular equivalent figure formed four right angles frustum given angle given line gles greater homologous sides hypothenuse inscribed circle inscribed polygon intersection less Let ABC let fall logarithm measured by half number of sides opposite parallelogram parallelopipedon pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN polyedron polygon ABCDE prism proportional PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant quadrilateral quantities radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angled triangle S-ABC Scholium secant secant line segment side BC similar solid angle solid described sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square described straight line tang tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangular prism vertex