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Page 142 - In the same way it may be proved that a : b : : sin. A : sin. B, and these two proportions may be written a : 6 : c : : sin. A : sin. B : sin. C. THEOREM III. t8. In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference. By Theorem II. we have a : b : : sin. A : sin. B.
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| Title | Text book of military topography |
| Author | William Hamilton Richards |
| Publisher | H.M. Stationery Office, 1883 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 22 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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