| John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1842 - 332 pages
...equality, by transposition. PROP. VIII. THEOR. 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... | |
| Scotland free church, gen. assembly - 1847 - 554 pages
...on the other two sides, these sides contain a right angle. 3. Divide a given line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole line and one of the parts may be equal to the square of the other part. 4. The angle in a semicircle is a right angle. 5. Of... | |
| Euclid - Geometry - 1845 - 218 pages
...line, &c. QED PROPOSITION VIII. THEOR. — 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... | |
| Euclid, John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1846 - 334 pages
...equality, by transposition. PROP. VIII. THEOR. 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... | |
| Euclides - 1848 - 52 pages
...of the other part. PROP. VIII. THEOREM. 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... | |
| Euclid, Thomas Tate - 1849 - 120 pages
...straight line, &c. QED PROP. VIII. THEOR. 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... | |
| 1867 - 336 pages
...be less than twice their rectangle. 3. 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 liue which is made... | |
| Euclides - 1852 - 152 pages
...kc added together.] PROP. VIII. THEOR. 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... | |
| Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 476 pages
...the question in its literal meaning. 2. To divide a line of 20 inches in length into two parts such 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 greater part ; then 20 — x = the less... | |
| Euclides - Geometry - 1853 - 334 pages
...AC, CD. Which was to be proved. PEOP. XI. PEOB. To divide a given straight line into two such parts, that the rectangle contained by the whole line and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line. It is required to... | |
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