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Plane and Solid Geometry - Page 67
by Walter Burton Ford, Charles Ammerman - 1913 - 321 pages
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Solid Geometry

Fletcher Durell - Geometry, Solid - 1904 - 232 pages
...straight line passing through the center of the circle and perpendicular to its plane. 521. COK. 3. The perpendicular is the shortest line that can be drawn from a given point to a given plane. 522. DEF. The distance from a point to a plane is the perpendicular drawn...
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Plane and Solid Geometry

Fletcher Durell - Geometry - 1911 - 553 pages
...equals l)e subtracted from unequals, the remainders are unequal in the same order). Q. s. D. 94. COR. The perpendicular is the shortest line that can ~be drawn from a given point to a given line. For, in the Fig. page 31, PP' <PR + RP, Art 92. Or, 2PQ<2PR. Ax. 8. /....
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Plane Geometry

Fletcher Durell - Geometry, Plane - 1904 - 382 pages
...(</ equals be subtracted from unequals, the remainders are unequal in the same order}. QED 94. COR. The perpendicular is the shortest line that can be drawn from a given point to a given line. For, in the Fig. page 31, PP'<PR + RPI, Art 92. Or, 2PQ<2PR. Ax. 8. .-....
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Plane Geometry

Edward Rutledge Robbins - Geometry, Plane - 1906 - 268 pages
...external point it is not possible to draw three equal lines to a given straight line. 77. THEOREM. The perpendicular is the shortest line that can be drawn from a point to a straight line. Given: PR ±toAB; PC not -L. To Prove : PB < PC. Proof : Extend PR to X, making RX = PR. Draw cX. PR...
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Manual of the Free High Schools of Wisconsin

Wisconsin. Department of Public Instruction - Education - 1906 - 124 pages
...I. Two oblique lines cutting off equal distances from the foot of the perpendicular are equal. 27. The perpendicular is the shortest line that can be drawn from a point to a straight line. 28. Two equal lines drawn from a point in the perpendicular to a given line, cut off equal distances...
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Plane Trigonometry

Daniel Alexander Murray - 1906 - 466 pages
...a line perpendicular to a radius at its extremity is tangent to the sphere. [Suggestion for proof : The perpendicular is the shortest line that can be drawn from a point to a plane.] A tangent to an arc of a great circle at any point of the arc is perpendicular to the radius...
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Plane and Solid Geometry

Isaac Newton Failor - Geometry - 1906 - 440 pages
...to CD. § 519 .-. A 'Bis not J.toCD. §§102,113 .-. A'B is not -L to MN. § 519 QED 528 COROLLARY. The perpendicular is the shortest line that can be drawn from a point to a plane. For in the plane PQ (Fig. 2), BA < BA' (§ 182). 529 DEFINITION. The distance from a point to...
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Plane and Solid Geometry

Isaac Newton Failor - Geometry - 1906 - 431 pages
...CD. § 519 .-. A'B is not A. to CD. §§ 102, 113 .-. A'B is not _L to MN. § 519 QED 528 COROLLARY. The perpendicular is the shortest line that can be drawn from a point to a plane. For in the plane PQ (Fig. 2), BA < BA' (§ 182). 529 DEFINITION. The distance from a point to...
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Plane and Solid Geometry

Edward Rutledge Robbins - Geometry - 1907 - 428 pages
...external point it is not possible to draw three equal lines to a given straight line. 77. THEOREM. The perpendicular is the shortest line that can be drawn from a point to a straight line. Given: PR _Lto^B; PCnot _L. To Prove : PR < PC. Proof : Extend PR to X, making RX ±= PR. Draw CX....
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Plane [and Spherical] Trigonometry for Colleges and Secondary Schools

Daniel Alexander Murray - Plane trigonometry - 1908 - 358 pages
...a line perpendicular to a radius at its extremity is tangent to the sphere. [Suggestion for proof : The perpendicular is the shortest line that can be drawn from a point to a plane.] A tangent to an arc of a great circle at any point of the arc is perpendicular to the radius...
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