 | Euclides - 1855 - 270 pages
...straight line which joins the points of the bisection of the diagonals. . PROP. D. PROBLEM. — To divide a given straight line into two parts so that the rectangle contained by its segments shall be equal to a given square, not greater than the square of half the given straight... | |
 | Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1856 - 252 pages
...contained by the whole and each of the parts, are together equal to the square of the whole line. 7. Divide a given straight line into two parts, so that...rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. 8. If two circles cut one another, they shall not have... | |
 | Henry White - 1856 - 168 pages
...one side of it are either two right angles, or are together equal to two right angles. 18 Divide a straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and ono of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. 19 If two circles cut each other,... | |
 | Henry Latham - 1857 - 390 pages
...parallelograms thus formed shall pass through the same point. 3. Shew by diagram that a (b + c} = ab + ac. To divide a given straight line into two parts so that...rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. Give the full construction. 4. Define a decimal fraction.... | |
 | Archibald Montgomerie - Algebra - 1857 - 116 pages
...of sheep, and the price of each. Ans. 100 at 30s. (25.) Divide a given line a, into two such parts that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts may be equal to the square of the other. , 3+ ^'5 , 3— 4/5 Ans. a — ^— , and a — ~— . (26.) Find a fraction which is... | |
 | Euclides - 1858 - 248 pages
...exercises for the learner. " — LARDNEB'S Euclid, pp. 79 and 80. PROP. 11. — PROB. To divide a given 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. SOL. — 46. I. To describe a square on a given line.... | |
 | Euclides - 1858 - 136 pages
...ijivru. ihr .«'iíe». o;' the reetnnt/lii e,m be found. BOOK II. 105 PRоP. XI. PRоB. To divide a 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. SoL. 46. I, 10. I, 3. I. Pat i. 2. DEM. 6. II, 47.... | |
 | War office - 1858 - 578 pages
...contained by the parts. If the line be bisected, what do the rectangles contained by the parts become ? 4. 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. NATURAL SCIENCES. By MAJOR-GEN.... | |
 | Sandhurst roy. military coll - 1859 - 672 pages
...extremities of equal and parallel straight lines toward the same parts are themselves equal. 3. To divide a 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. 4. In a circle the angle in a semicircle is a right... | |
 | Education - 1859 - 414 pages
...square of the line between the points of section, is equal to the square of half the line. 10. Divide a 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. JULIUS CAESAR. 1. Write a short account of the author... | |
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AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it 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. 
