 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1857 - 242 pages
...AC, the other two sides of the triangle. Produce BD until it meets the side AC BC in E ; and, because one side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two (Prop. VIII.), the side CD of the triangle CDE is less than the sum of CE and ED. To each of these... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1858 - 256 pages
...AC, the other two sides of the triangle. Produce BD until it meets the side AC BC in E ; and, because one side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two (Prop. VIII.). the side CD of the triangle CDE is less than the sum of CE and ED. To each of these... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1861 - 254 pages
...each, and the angle A to the angle D. Therefore, if two triangles, dsc. PROPOSITION VIII. THEOREM. Any side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two For the straight line AB is the shortest path between the points A and B (Def. 3) ; hence AB is less... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 518 pages
...AC. , Let the straight line B 0 be produced till it meets the side AC in the point D ; and because one side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two sides (Prop. IX.), the side 0C in the triangle CD 0 is less than the sum of 0 D and D C. To each of... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1861 - 638 pages
...and A C. Let the sfraight line BO be produced till it meets the side AC in the point D ; and because one side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two sides (Prop. IX.), the side 00 in the triangle CD 0 is less than the sum of 0 D and DC. To each of... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1863 - 504 pages
...and A C. Let the straight line B0 be produced till it meets the side AC in the point D ; and because one side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two sides (Prop. IX.), the side OC in the triangle CD 0 is less than the sum of 0 D and D C. To each of... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1868 - 340 pages
...and A C. Let the straight line B0 be produced till it meets the side AC in the point D ; and be.cause one side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two sides (Prop. IX.), the side 0C in the triangle CD 0 is less than the sum of 0 D and D C. To each of... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Geometry - 1871 - 302 pages
...AC, the other two sides of the triangle. Produce BD until it meets the side AC BC in E ; and, because one side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two (Prop. VIII.), the side CD of the triangle CDE is less than the sum of CE and ED. To each of these... | |
 | William Chauvenet - Geometry - 1871 - 380 pages
...vertex upon the base is then called the altitude of the triangle. PROPOSITION XVII.— THEOREM. 66. Any side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two. Let BC be any side of a triangle whose other two sides are AB and AC; then BC < AB + AC. For, the straight... | |
 | Edward Olney - Geometry - 1872 - 102 pages
...of the other sides. The figure will suggest the demonstration, which is based on the fact that any side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two. FIG. 474. 923. Tlieo.—The difference between the distances from two points on opposite sides of a fixed... | |
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