 | Royal college of surgeons of England - 1860 - 332 pages
...made up of the half and the part produced. 8. Divide a given straight line into two parts, such that the rectangle contained by the whole line and one of the parts may be equal to the square of the other part. PRELIMINARY GENERAL EXAMINATION. Christmas, 1864. WEDNESDAY,... | |
 | James Elliot - 1860 - 252 pages
...Ex. C), the altitude of the triangle being a and the base b 1 8. A st* line a being divided so that the rectangle contained by the whole line and one of the parts is equal to the square of the other part, compute the lengths of the two parts. Ans. £a ( V 5 —... | |
 | Robert Potts - Geometry, Plane - 1860 - 380 pages
...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 equal to the square on the other part. FG it Upon AB describe the square A CDB ; (l. 46.)... | |
 | Robert Fowler - 1861 - 426 pages
...&c. &c. according to the explanations in p. 7. 5. Divide a line а feet long 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. Let x = the length of the greater part, in feet. .... | |
 | Euclides - 1862 - 140 pages
...Conclusion. — Therefore, if a straight line, &o. QED PROPOSITION 8. -THEOREM. If a straight line be divided into Any two parts, four times the rectangle contained...line and one of the parts, together with the square on the other part, is equal to the square on the straight line which is made up of the whole line and... | |
 | Euclides - 1862 - 172 pages
...line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square of half the line bisected, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced. (References— Prop, t, 31, 36, 43; u. 4, Cor.) Let the straight line AB... | |
 | Euclides - 1863 - 122 pages
...straight line (AB) be divided into ang two parts (at C), Jour times the rectangle (AB, BC) contained bg the whole line, and one of the parts, together with the square of the other part (AC), is equal to the square of the straigh t line (AD), which is made up of the whole andthalpart... | |
 | University of Oxford - Education, Higher - 1863 - 316 pages
...line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square of half the line bisected, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced. 9. If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point, the square... | |
 | Henry White - 1864 - 156 pages
...line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square of half the line bisected, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced. 4. The diameter is the greatest straight line in a circle; and, of all... | |
 | Euclides - 1864 - 262 pages
...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 equal to the square on the other part. FG OKD Upon AB describe the square A CDB; (l. 46.)... | |
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If a straight line be divided into any two parts, four times the rectangle contained by the whole line and one of the parts, together with the square of the other part, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the whole and that... 
