 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 400 pages
...are double of the squares of AC, CD. Wherefore, if a straight line, etc. QED PROPOSITION XI. PROB. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so...parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. Upon AB describe (46. i.) the square ABDC ; bisect (10. i.) AC in E, and join BE ; produce CA to F,... | |
 | Euclides - Geometry - 1853 - 176 pages
...equal to the square of the other part. LET ab be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by...parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. Upon ab describe (i. 46) the square abdС; bisect (i. 10) a С in e, and join be, produce С a to f,... | |
 | Euclides - 1853 - 146 pages
...equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by...parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. Upon AB describe (1. 46.) the square ABDC ; bisect (I. 10.) AC in E, and join BE; produce CA to F,... | |
 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 474 pages
...divide a line of 20 inches in length into two parts such that the rectangle contained by the whole line and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. Let x = the greater part ; then 20 — x = the less part, and hence by the question we have x8 = 20 (20... | |
 | Euclides - Geometry - 1853 - 334 pages
...line. It is required to divide it into two such parts, that the rectangle contained by the whole line and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. On AB describe (i. 46) the square ACDB ; and supposing A to be that extremity of AB adjacent to which... | |
 | Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1854 - 284 pages
...BD the other diameter, the difference of the parallelograms is equal to twice the triangle BKD. 2. Divide a given straight line into two parts so that the rectangle contained by the whole line and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. Produce a given straight... | |
 | William Walton, Charles Frederick Mackenzie - Education - 1854 - 266 pages
...BD the other diameter, the difference of the parallelograms is equal to twice the triangle BSD. 2. Divide a given straight line into two parts so that the rectangle contained by the whole line and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. Produce a given straight... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - Science - 1854 - 534 pages
...the remarks at the end of this book. PROPOSITION XI.— PROBLEM. To divide a given straight line (AB) into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and от of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. From A draw AC perpendicular and... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 1050 pages
...that iSj divides them into two equal parts. Prove also that the two diameters bisect each other. 3. Divide a given straight line into two parts, so that...parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part Solve the same problem algebraically, and give the geometrical interpretation of the result. 4. The... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - School buildings - 1855 - 976 pages
...upon the other two sides of it, the angle contained by those two sides is a right angle. 3. Divide a straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle...parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. Section 3. 1. The angles in the same segment of a circle are equal. 2. If from a point without a circle... | |
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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. 
