 | Nathan Fellowes Dupuis - Geometry - 1889 - 370 pages
...the projections of the remaining sides, taken in cyclic order, upon the line of that side. Def. — In a right-angled triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse, as distinguished from the remaining two sides. 169°. Theorem. — In any right-angled... | |
 | Euclid - Geometry - 1890 - 442 pages
...the other. Def. If a triangle has one of its angles right, it is called a rightangled triangle. Def. In a right-angled triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. Proposition 47. THEOREM — In any right-angled triangle the square on t/ic hypotenuse... | |
 | George Bruce Halsted - Geometry - 1896 - 208 pages
...obtuse ; and the triangle is called acute-angled, right-angled, or obtuse-angled, accordingly. 220. In a right-angled triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse. 221. A triangle with two sides equal is called isosceles. 222. Theorem. If one side of... | |
 | Nathan Fellowes Dupuis - Geometry - 1894 - 313 pages
...the projections of the remaining sides, taken in cyclic order, upon the line of that side. Def. — In a right-angled triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse , as distinguished from the remaining two sides. 169°. Theorem. — In any right-angled... | |
 | John Marvin Colaw, John Kelley Elkwood - Arithmetic - 1900 - 450 pages
...perimeters of two fields, one of which is 20.25 rd. square, and the other 20.25 sq. rd. ? 363 H 531. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypotenuse. 1. Cut from a cardboard a right triangle with a base 3 inches in length and an altitude... | |
 | Alan Sanders - Geometry, Modern - 1901 - 260 pages
...generally expressed in terms of the right angle. Thus, ZA = f RA, or ZB = 1-JRA, etc. 43. DEFINITIONS. In a right-angled triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. The other two sides are the legs of the triangle. Leg 44. EXERCISE. If two RA A have the... | |
 | William Estabrook Chancellor - Arithmetic - 1902 - 168 pages
...in. sides, and bisect each angle. RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLES A right-angled triangle has one right angle. In a right-angled triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. Here the side R GrL is the base, and the side LR the perpendicular. G< RIGHTVANQLED Find... | |
 | Alan Sanders - Geometry - 1903 - 392 pages
...generally expressed in terms of the right angle. Thus, ZA — f RA, or ZB = 1\ RA, etc. 43. DEFINITIONS. In a right-angled triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. The other two sides are the legs of the triangle. Leg 44. EXERCISE. If two Ji.A. & have... | |
 | Charles Godfrey, Arthur Warry Siddons - Geometry - 1903 - 384 pages
...triangle. (p. 81.) Right.angled triangle. A triangle which has one of its angles a right angle is called a right.angled triangle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. (p. 81.) Acute.angled triangle. A triangle which has all its angles acute is called an... | |
 | David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1905 - 646 pages
...15. 7. 16. 8. 17. 11. 18. Find the side of a square containing 1 acre (160 sq. rd.). 580. Hypotenuse. In a right-angled triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. 581. Square on the hypotenuse. If a floor is made up of triangular tiles like this, it... | |
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The Height or Altitude of a figure is a perpendicular let fall from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite side, called the base. 
