When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it. Elements of Geometry and Conic Sections - Page 10by Elias Loomis - 1857 - 226 pagesFull view - About this book
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...EB ; therefore the angle AFE is equal to the angle BFE. [i. 8] But, when a straight line set up on a straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal angles is right ; [i. Def. 10] 20 therefore each of the angles AFE, BFE is right. Therefore... | |
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...straight line on which it stands.' The full translation then is: 'When a straight line set up on a straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal angles is right, and the straight line standing on the other is called a perpendicular to... | |
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...is equal to the angle EHC. [1.8] And they are adjacent angles. But, when a straight line set up on a straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal angles is right, and the straight line standing on the other is 30 called a perpendicular... | |
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...definition, it is not necessary to define a rectilineal angle). 10. SJt When a straight line set up on a straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal angles is right, and the straight line standing on the other is called a perpendicular to... | |
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