Junior High School Mathematics: first and third course, Volume 3Macmillan Company, 1919 |
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AABC ABCD acute angle algebraic altitude angle of elevation average rate AXYZ called cent error centimeters check the roots circle circumference coefficient completing the square congruent consecutive integers cubic foot diagonal diameter digit distance divided divisor draw electromotive force equilateral EXAMPLE EXERCISES Find exponent expressed factors fall on point feet Find the area Find the number Find the product Find the square fit the table following exercises formula fraction frustum fulcrum GEOMETRY given graph hence hour hypotenuse inches inscribed angle isosceles triangle kilograms meters mid-point miles minus monomial Multiply nearest NOTE numerical measure pairs of values parallelogram partial product perpendicular plane polygon polynomial pounds problems Prove quadratic equations quantities radius rectangle right triangle sides signed number SOLUTION specific gravity square root straight line subtracted tangent THEOREM three figures trinomial vertex WILLIAM GENTLEMAN
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Page 25 - The square root of a number is one of the two equal factors of the number.
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Page 227 - An exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the two opposite interior angles.
Page 156 - The first and last terms of a proportion are called the extremes ; the second and third terms are called the means. In the proportion | = ££, we see that 7 x 15 = 3 x 35.
Page 204 - If two triangles have two sides and the included angle of one equal respectively to two sides and the included angle of the other, the triangles are equal.
Page 260 - In a right triangle the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides or legs.
Page 38 - Pythagorean theorem, which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Page 203 - Obtuse Acute Equiangular 64. Corresponding Angles and Sides. If two triangles have the angles of the one respectively equal to the angles of the other, the equal angles are called corresponding angles, and the sides opposite these angles are called corresponding sides. Corresponding parts are also called homologous parts. 65. Square. A rectilinear figure having four equal sides and four right angles is called a square. 66. Congruent. If two figures can be made to coincide in all their parts, they...
Page 230 - If a line is perpendicular to one of two parallel lines, it is perpendicular to the other also.
Page 236 - A Sphere is a body bounded by a uniformly curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center.