 | Samuel Mecutchen, George Mornton Sayre - Arithmetic - 1877 - 200 pages
...having given the hypotenuse 100 ft., and the base 60 ft. ANALYSIS. — As the perpendicular equals the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and base, 1/100*^60*~= i/6400= 80ft., height. 3. A mason desiring to know whether the walls of his building... | |
 | Bothwell Graham - Arithmetic - 1895 - 240 pages
...square root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; and the base or perpendicular is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other side. 7. The base and perpendicular of a right-angled triangle are respectively 8 feet and... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1896 - 490 pages
...root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; and the base or the perpendicular is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other side. 5. The base of a right triangle is 82 ft., and the perpendicular 35 ft. Find the hypotenuse.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1897 - 396 pages
...root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; and the base or the perpendicular is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other side. 5. The base of a right triangle is 82 ft., and the perpendicular 35 ft. Find the hypotenuse.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1898 - 424 pages
...equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides; and either leg is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other leg. 577. Examples. Find the area of: 1. A regular hexagon, each side of which is 3 in. SOLUTION.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1898 - 424 pages
...equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; and either leg is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other leg. 577. Examples. Find the area of : 1.- A regular hexagon, each side of which is 3 in.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1898 - 424 pages
...equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; and either leg is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other leg. 577. Examples. Find the area of : 1. A regular hexagon, each side of which is 3 in.... | |
 | Samuel Wesley Baird - Arithmetic - 1901 - 388 pages
...the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the perpendicular ; and the perpendicular equals the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the base. / PROBLEMS 680. 1. The base of a right-angled triangle is 32, and the perpendicular 60. Find... | |
 | Frank J. Browne - Mental arithmetic - 1902 - 186 pages
...square root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides. To find the base or perpendicular, take the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other side. 1. The two sides of a right-angled triangle are 3 and 4 feet. What is the length of... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Stanley Harry Holmes - Arithmetic - 1909 - 316 pages
...squares upon the perpendicular AB with the difference in number of those upon AQ and BC. Therefore, The square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other side will give the base or the perpendicular. Written Exercise 277. Illustrative Example.... | |
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... is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other leg. 
