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" If four straight lines be proportionals, the rectangle contained by the extremes is equal to the rectangle contained by the means ; And if the rectangle contained by the extremes be equal to the rectangle contained by the means, the four straight lines... "
The Elements of Euclid: With Dissertations Intended to Assist and Encourage ... - Page 42
by Euclid, James Williamson - 1781 - 309 pages
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Elements of geometry, containing books i. to vi.and portions of books xi ...

Euclides, James Hamblin Smith - Geometry - 1872 - 376 pages
...circle in C, prove that the square on CE is equal to twice the quadrilateral AEBC. And Conversely, If the rectangle contained by the extremes be equal to the rectangle contained by the means, the jywr straight lines are proportionals. Let rect. AB, GH=rect. CD, EF. Then must AB be to CD as EF is...
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The Quadrature of the Circle: The Square Root of Two, and the Right-angled ...

William Alexander Myers - Circle-squaring - 1873 - 238 pages
...[Hypothesis.] therefore the 'rectangle contained by A and C is equal to the rectangle contained by B and D; but if the rectangle contained by the extremes be equal...to the rectangle contained by the means, the four straight lines ate proportionals; [FT. 16.] therefore A is to B as D is to C. But B is equal to D;...
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The Elements of Euclid, containing the first six books, with a selection of ...

Euclides - 1874 - 342 pages
...rectangle contained by the extremes is equal to the rectangle contained by the means; and conversely, if the rectangle contained by the extremes be equal...to the rectangle contained by the means, the four straight lines are proportionals. Let the four straight lines AB, CD, E, F be proportionals, viz.,...
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The Quadrature of the Circle: The Square Root of Two, and the Right-angled ...

William Alexander Myers - Circle-squaring - 1874 - 207 pages
...6 therefore the rectangle contained by A and G is equal to the rectangle contained by B and D ; but if the rectangle contained by the extremes be equal...to the rectangle contained by the means, the four straight lines are proportionals; [FI. 16.] therefore A is to B as D is to (7. But B is equal to D]...
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Elements of geometry, containing books i. to vi.and portions of books xi ...

Euclides, James Hamblin SMITH - 1876 - 382 pages
...in D, and the circle in C, prove that the square on CE is equal to twice the AEBC. And Conversely, If the rectangle contained by the extremes be equal...to the rectangle contained by the means, the four straight lines are proportionals. Let rect. AB, GH"=rect. CD, EF. Then must AB be to CD as EF is to...
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Euclid's Elements of Geometry: Chiefly from the Text of Dr. Simson, with ...

Robert Potts - Geometry - 1876 - 446 pages
...rectangle contained fy the extremes is equal to the rectangle contained by the means: and conversely, if the rectangle contained by the extremes be equal...to the rectangle contained by the means, the four straight lines are proportionals. Let the four straight lines AB, CD, E, /"be proportionals, viz. as...
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Modern geometry [ed.] with an appendix by W.B. Jack

Richard Wormell - 1876 - 268 pages
...rectangle contained by the extremes is equal to the rectangle contained by the means. Сonversely, if the rectangle contained by the extremes be equal...to the rectangle contained by the means, the four straight lines are proportionals. Since rectangles are equiangular parallelograms, the proof in this...
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First Public Examination in Literis Graecis Et Latinis

University of Oxford - Greek language - 1879 - 414 pages
...antecedents is to its consequent, so shall all the antecedents be to all the consequents. 7. If four straight lines be proportionals, the rectangle contained by...to the rectangle contained by the means, the four straight lines are proportionals. 8. Inscribe an equilateral and equiangular hexagon in . a given circle....
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The Elements of Plane and Solid Geometry: With Chapters on Mensuration and ...

Isaac Sharpless - Geometry - 1879 - 282 pages
...Theorem.—If four straight lines be proportional, the redangle of the extremes is equal to the rectangle of the means ; and if the rectangle contained by the...to the rectangle contained by the means, the four straight lines are proportional. Let A, B, C, D be four straight lines, so that A : B :: C: D; then...
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The Elements of Euclid for the Use of Schools and Colleges: With Notes, an ...

Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1880 - 426 pages
...lines be proportionals, the rectangle contained by the extremes is equal to the square on the mean; and if the rectangle contained by the extremes be equal to the square on the mean, the three straight lines are proportionals. Let the three straight lines A, B,...
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