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" In every plane triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite those sides is to the tangent of half their difference. "
Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry - Page 241
by Adrien Marie Legendre - 1838 - 269 pages
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An Elementary Treatise on Plane & Spherical Trigonometry: With Their ...

Benjamin Peirce - Plane trigonometry - 1845 - 498 pages
...solve the triangle. -4n'. The question is impossible. 81. Theorem. The sum of two sides of a triangle is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference. [B. p. 13.] Proof. We have (fig. 1.) a...
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Euclid's Elements: Or, Second Lessons in Geometry,in the Order of Simson's ...

Dennis M'Curdy - Geometry - 1846 - 168 pages
...Therefore the sin. AC+sin. AB : sin. AC—sin. AB : : tan. J(AC-(AB): tan. J(AC—AB). QED 4 Th. In any triangle, the sum of two sides is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the angles at the base is to the tangent of half their difference. Given the triangle ABC, the side AB being greater...
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Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a ...

Euclid, John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1846 - 334 pages
...difference between either of them and 45°. PROP. IV. THEOR. The sum of any two sides of a triangle is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite to those sides, to the tangent of half their difference. Let ABC be any plane triangle ; CA+AB : CA-AB...
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A Treatise of Plane Trigonometry, and the Mensuration of Heights and ...

Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1848 - 354 pages
...THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES ; TO THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE. Thus, the sum of AB and AC, is to their difference ; as the tangent of half the sum of the angles ACB and ABC, to the tangent of half then- difference. Demonstration. Extend CA to G, making AG equal...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry Translated from the French of A.M ...

Charles Davies - Trigonometry - 1849 - 372 pages
...2 4.r"—« Q 2sin« iA=R 2 —R 2 x —^— _ R * x 2/ic-R 2 (/i 2 +c 2 —a 2 ) = R« x -R- x " * Hence THEOREM V. In every rectilineal triangle, the...AB— BC : : sin C + sin A : sin C — sin A. But sinC + sin A : sin C — sin A : : tang — - — : . . . C+A f~* A tang - (Art. XXIV.) ; hence, AB...
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A Course of Mathematics: Containing the Principles of Plane Trigonometry ...

Jeremiah Day - Geometry - 1851 - 418 pages
...equal to the sum, and FH to the difference of AC and AB. And by theorem II, (Art. 144.) the sum of the sides is to their difference ; as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles, to the tangent of half their difference. Therefore, R : tan (ACH— 45°) : : tan...
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A Treatise on Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical: With Its Application to ...

Charles William Hackley - Trigonometry - 1851 - 524 pages
...: tan £ (A + B) : tan ^ (A — B) That is to say, the sum of two of the sides of a plane triangle is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference. 76 This proportion is employed when two...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry

Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1852 - 436 pages
...AC :: sin 0 : sin jR THEOEEM II. In any triangle, the sum of the two sides containing either angle, is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the two other angles, to the tangent of half their difference. 22. Let ACB be a triangle: then will AJ3...
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A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

William Chauvenet - 1852 - 268 pages
...proposition is therefore general in its application.* 118. The sum of any two sides of a plane triangle is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference. For, by the preceding article, a : b =...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: With Applications in Mensuration

Charles Davies - Geometry - 1886 - 340 pages
...C : sin B. Theorems. THEOREM 11. In any triangle, the sum of the two sides containing eithe1 angle, is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of (he t1eo other angles, to the tangent of half their di/ereMe. Let ACB be a triangle: then will With...
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