 To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square on the other part.  Euclid - Page 138by Euclid, Rupert Deakin - 1903 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Euclid - Geometry - 1845 - 218 pages
...are double of the squares of AC, CD. Wherefore, if a straight line, &c. QED PROPOSITION XI. PROB. — To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight... | |
 | Euclid, James Thomson - Geometry - 1845 - 382 pages
...expression, the first and third partu of whioh are, by the same curolla'y, tli» PROP. XI. PROB. — To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line... | |
 | Alfred Wrigley - 1845 - 222 pages
...points of contact, and the diameter drawn from one of these points. (Euclid, iii. 18. Cape, ii. 38.) 59. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts may be equal to the square of a given line, which is less than the line to be... | |
 | Euclid, John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1846 - 334 pages
...(2a+i)2+J2=2o2+2(a+4)2, and the proposition is evident from this algebraical equality. PROP. XI. PROB. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line... | |
 | Euclides - 1848 - 52 pages
...the line bisected, and of the square of the line made up of the half and the part produced. PROP. XI. PROBLEM. To divide a given straight line into two...parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. PROP. XII. THEOREM. In obtuse-angled... | |
 | J. Goodall, W. Hammond - 1848 - 390 pages
...line intercepted without the triangle between the perpendicular and the obtuse angle. Section 4. 1. Divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. 2. Describe a square that shall... | |
 | Euclid, Thomas Tate - 1849 - 120 pages
...squares of AC, CD: Wherefore, if a straight line, &c. QED Again, because EG F is EF PROP. XI. PROB. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the -rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall Tie equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight... | |
 | University of Cambridge - 1849 - 560 pages
...upon the necessary homogeneity of algebraical equations, or any demonstration other than Euclid's ? 3. Divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. Shew that in Euclid's figure four... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1850 - 942 pages
...between the same parallels, are equal to one another. 3. Solve Euc. II. 11. To divide a given finite straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts may be equal to the squire of the other part. 4. Prove Euc. III. 22. The opposite... | |
 | 582 pages
...every respect." Enumerate tlie cases proved in Book 1 and state what ease is omitted. SECTION IT. 1. Divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. 2. If a straight line be divided... | |
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