 | War office - 1858 - 578 pages
...twice as old as his nephew; what are their respective agesl Euclid. 1. Divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one part, shall be equal to the square of the other part. 2. Upon a given straight line describe the segment... | |
 | Education - 1859 - 414 pages
...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 of the... | |
 | Sandhurst roy. military coll - 1859 - 672 pages
...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 angle. Voluntary... | |
 | Royal college of surgeons of England - 1860 - 332 pages
...of it, the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle. 4. To divide a given 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. 5. To describe a square that shall be equal to a given rectilineal... | |
 | Robert Potts - Geometry, Plane - 1860 - 380 pages
...so that the rectangle eontained by the whole and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square on the other part. Let AB be the given straight line. It is required to divide AB into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole line and one of the parts, shall be... | |
 | Philip Kelland - 1860 - 308 pages
...together. Eequired their rates of running. 19. To divide a line 12 inches long 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 part. (Euclid, 2, 11). 20. To divide a given line (a) into... | |
 | War office - 1861 - 260 pages
...Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third. 2. To divide a given 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. If the given line be a foot long, compute the lengths of the... | |
 | War office - 1861 - 714 pages
...angles. Enunciate the propositions required in the proof. 3. To divide a straight line into two parte so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts may be equal to the square on the other part. 4. If a straight line touch a circle and from the point... | |
 | Euclides - 1862 - 140 pages
...half the difference taken from half the sum is equal to the less. 13. 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 a given square. BOOK III. DEFINITIONS. 1. Equal circles are those of which the diameters... | |
 | Alfred Wrigley - Mathematics - 1862 - 330 pages
...points of contact, and the diameter drawn from one of these points. 71. 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 a given line, which is less than the line to be divided. 72. To draw... | |
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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. 
