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... angle ; the point of meeting or intersection , A , is the vertex of the angle ; the lines AB , AC , are its sides . An angle is sometimes denoted simply by the letter at the ver- tex , as A ; sometimes by three letters , as BAC or CAB ...
... angle ; the point of meeting or intersection , A , is the vertex of the angle ; the lines AB , AC , are its sides . An angle is sometimes denoted simply by the letter at the ver- tex , as A ; sometimes by three letters , as BAC or CAB ...
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... angles is called a right angle , and the line AB is said to be perpendicular to CD . 11. Every angle BAC ( fig . 4 ) , less than a right angle , is an acute angle ; and every angle , DEF , greater than a right angle , is an obtuse angle ...
... angles is called a right angle , and the line AB is said to be perpendicular to CD . 11. Every angle BAC ( fig . 4 ) , less than a right angle , is an acute angle ; and every angle , DEF , greater than a right angle , is an obtuse angle ...
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... angles . But , since the angle ACD is a right angle , it fol- lows that its adjacent angle ACE is also a right angle ; therefore the angle ACE = ACD , and AB is perpendicular to DE . 31. Corollary III . All the successive angles , BAC ...
... angles . But , since the angle ACD is a right angle , it fol- lows that its adjacent angle ACE is also a right angle ; therefore the angle ACE = ACD , and AB is perpendicular to DE . 31. Corollary III . All the successive angles , BAC ...
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... angle BAC , contained by the former , is greater than the angle EDF , contained by the latter ; the third side BC of the first triangle will be greater than the third side EF of the second . Demonstration . Make the angle CAGD , take AG ...
... angle BAC , contained by the former , is greater than the angle EDF , contained by the latter ; the third side BC of the first triangle will be greater than the third side EF of the second . Demonstration . Make the angle CAGD , take AG ...
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... BAC , then AG + GC < AB + BC ( 41 ) ; therefore , taking away the equal quantities , AG , AB , we shall have GCBC ... angle A were greater than the angle D , as the sides AB , AC , are equal to the sides DE , DF , each to each , the side ...
... BAC , then AG + GC < AB + BC ( 41 ) ; therefore , taking away the equal quantities , AG , AB , we shall have GCBC ... angle A were greater than the angle D , as the sides AB , AC , are equal to the sides DE , DF , each to each , the side ...
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