 To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line : it is required to draw a straight line through the point A parallel to the straight line BC. In BC take any point...  Mensuration for Beginners: With Numerous Examples - Page 17by Isaac Todhunter - 1869 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1829 - 210 pages
...straight lines &c. \ QED X PROPOSITION XXXI. PROBLEM. To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line; it is required to draw a straight line through A parallel to BC. p ^ In... | |
 | Timothy Walker - Geometry - 1829 - 156 pages
...can be parallel to CD, and AB itself must be parallel to C D. 37. PROBLEM. — Through a given point to draw a straight line parallel to a given straight line. Let F 22 AB be the given line and C the given point (fig. 22). SOL. — With C as a centre and any convenient... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1831 - 662 pages
...through o.' instead of a", and using the distance p'V instead of r'q,'. PROBLEM VI. Through a given point to draw a straight line parallel to a given straight line. Let AB be the ground line, r'd' and p"o." the horizontal and vertical projections of the given line, and... | |
 | Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...1. fore, " straight lines," &c. QED PROP. XXXI. PROB. To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw a straight . _-, line through the point A, parallel... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1836 - 394 pages
...parts, into eight, into sixteen, and so ri" • PROBLEM VI. V...-- Through a given point, to draw a parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given line. 3 From the point A as a centre, with a radius greater than the shortest distance... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1836 - 148 pages
...straight line, are parallel to one another. PROP. IV. PROB. To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw a straight line through the point A parallel to... | |
 | Andrew Bell - Euclid's Elements - 1837 - 290 pages
...is parallel to CD (I. 27). PROPOSITION XXXI. PROBLEM. To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw a straight line E > r In BC take any point D, and... | |
 | Euclid, James Thomson - Geometry - 1837 - 410 pages
...described one on each side of it. PROP. II. PROB. FUOM a given point to draw a straight line equal to a given straight line.§ Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw from A a straight line equal to BC. From the point... | |
 | Euclides - 1838 - 264 pages
...AB. Which was required to be done. PROP. II. PROB. From a given point to draw a straight line equal to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw from the point A a straight line equal to BC. «i... | |
 | Euclides - Geometry - 1841 - 378 pages
...Wherefore straight lines, &c. QED * ". l. PROP. XXXI. PROB. To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line; it is required to draw a r A r straight line through the point A, ~/ parallel... | |
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