 The straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equal to half of it 46 INTERCEPTS BY PARALLEL LINES.  Euclid - Page 99by Euclid, Rupert Deakin - 1903 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1867 - 426 pages
...between these diagonals, then the area of the triangle is equal to the area of the quadrilateral. 106. The straight line which joins the middle points of two sides of any triangle is parallel to the base. . 107. Straight lines joining the middle points of adjacent sides... | |
 | Richard Wormell - Geometry, Plane - 1870 - 304 pages
...is frequently of use in solving problems on the intersection of lines : — "A straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third and equal to half the third." We will here give a few problems in which this fact is applied. 354.... | |
 | Euclides - 1874 - 120 pages
...Join PO and draw AQ- parallel to it. Then PQ shall bisect the triangle.] 53. The straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equal to half of it. 54. The straight lines joining the middle points of the four sides of any quadrilateral form a parallelogram.... | |
 | Euclid, James Bryce, David Munn (F.R.S.E.) - Geometry - 1874 - 236 pages
...(I. App., schol. 2), the corresponding areas are 1, 4, 9, 16, etc. Conversely. — The line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side, and equal to one-half of it. In the triangle ABC, let AB, AC be bisected in D and E. The line joining these points... | |
 | John Reynell Morell - 1875 - 220 pages
...corresponding height are given. EXERCISES ON BOOK III. 92. The straight line which joins the centres of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side, and equal to half that side. 93. The straight lines which join the centres of the consecutive sides of a quadrilateral... | |
 | Robert Potts - Geometry - 1876 - 446 pages
...which joins the middle points of AB andD C shall divide the quadrilateral into two equal parts. 8. The straight line, which joins the middle points of two sides of a triangle, is parallel to the base. 9. If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square on the whole line is equal to... | |
 | Aaron Schuyler - Geometry - 1876 - 384 pages
...AE = EC; hence, DE bisects AC. GEOMETRY.— BOOK I. 104. Corollaries. 1. Tlie straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equal to its half. (?) 2. The straight line drawn from the middle point of one of the non-parallel sides of... | |
 | Association for the improvement of geometrical teaching - Geometry, Modern - 1876 - 66 pages
...parallel to the base passes through the middle point of the other side. COR. 2. The straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the base. [Cor. i. and Rule of Identity.] SECTION 4. PROBLEMS. PROB. i. To bisect a given angle. PROB.... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1877 - 458 pages
...the angles of the square. PROPOSITION III. 5. The straight line which joins the middle points of any two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side, and is equal to one half of that side. In the triangle ABC, let D be the middle point of AB, and E the... | |
 | James McDowell - 1878 - 310 pages
...D have been each proved equal to EC, therefore FH and 11 D are equal. 4. The straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equal to half of it. In the Cor. to the last proposition it is proved that the straight line EH joining the middle points... | |
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