 | Euclides - Geometry - 1853 - 176 pages
...given straight line b c. Which was to be done. PROPOSITION III. — PROBLEM, From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the...is the greater. It is required to cut off from ab, the greater, a part equal to c, the less. From the point a draw (i. 2) the straight line ad equal to... | |
 | Euclides - 1853 - 146 pages
...to the given straight line BC. Which was to be done. PROP. III. — PROBLEM. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the...is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to C, the less. Prom the point A, draw (I. 2.) the straight line AD equal... | |
 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 400 pages
...to the given straight line BC. Which wag to be done. PROPOSITION III. PBOB. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the...is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to C, the less. From the point A draw (2. i.) the straight line AD equal... | |
 | Euclides - Geometry - 1853 - 334 pages
...equal to the given straight line BC. Which was to be done. PEOP. III. PEOB. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the...less. Let AB and c be the two given straight lines, of which AB is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to c, the... | |
 | Euclid - Geometry - 1853 - 176 pages
...Through a given point to draw a straight line parallel to a given straight line. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. To bisect a given finite straight line. To divide a given finite stra,ght line into two parts, so that... | |
 | Euclides - 1855 - 270 pages
...straight lines to cut off apart equal to the less. Let AB and С be the two given straight lines, of which AB is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to С, the less. From the point A draw (I. 2) the straight line AD equal... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1856 - 346 pages
...the given straight line BC. PROP. III. PROB. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut oj, a part equal to the less. Let AB and C be the two...is the greater. It is required to cut off from AB, the greater, a part equal to C, the less. From the point A draw (2. 1.) the straight line AD equal... | |
 | Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1856 - 200 pages
...are opposite to the equal angles are homologous sides. FIRST DIVISION (B.) 1. FROM the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. 2. The angles which one straight line makes with another, on the same side of it, are either two right... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1860 - 334 pages
...the centre of the circle DEF, AE is equal to AD; but the straight line C is likewise equal to AD ; Let AB and C be the two given straight lines, whereof AB is the greater. It is required to cut off frpji.AB, the greater, a part equal to C, thfjjJeBs. whence AE and C are each of them equal to AD ;... | |
 | Royal college of surgeons of England - 1860 - 332 pages
...postulate ; and define a right angle, a rhombus, and parallel straight lines. 2. From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. Quote any axioms or postulates used in the proposition. 3. If two straight lines cut one another, the... | |
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From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. Let AB and C be the two given straight lines, whereof AB is the greater. 
