 | Euclid, Robert Simson - Geometry - 1821 - 514 pages
...equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line: it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and dne of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. Upon AB describe (46. 1.) the square... | |
 | James Ryan - Algebra - 1824 - 552 pages
...sought. Ans. 1 1 , or 3] . Prob. 22. It is required to divide 20 into two such parts, that the product of the whole and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other. Ans. lOv/5— 10, and 30— lOy/5. Prob. 23. A labourer dug two trenches, one of which... | |
 | James Ryan, Robert Adrain - Algebra - 1824 - 542 pages
...sought. Ans. II, or 3], Prob. 22. It is required to divide 20 into two such parts, that the product of the whole and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other. Ans. lOv/5 — 10, and 30— 10^/5, Prob. 23. A labourer dug two trenches, one of which... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 372 pages
...AD, DB, are double of the squares of AC, CD. Wherefore, if a straight line, &c. QED Proposition Xf. Problem. To divide a given straight line into two...by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal 'o the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1825 - 312 pages
...is required to divide a line, of 20 inches in length, into two such parts that the rectangle of (he whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other. Ans. 10^5-10, and 30—10^/5 6. It is required to divide the number 60 into two such... | |
 | Daniel Cresswell - Euclid's Elements - 1825 - 582 pages
...none of which lies within another, the tangents so drawn shall be equal to one another. LXXXI. PR. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the square of the one shall be equal to the rectangle contained by the other and a given straight line.... | |
 | Euclid, John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1826 - 326 pages
...DG=DB: Therefore, AD3-fDBi)==2AC»-|r'2CD>3< Wherefore, if a straight line, &e. QBD H B PROP, XI. PROB. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the reetangle eontained by the whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part.... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1827 - 513 pages
...•3.1. « 46. 1. •6.2. t Constr. • 47. 1. t 3 Ax. t 30 Def. t lAx. t 3 Ax. t 30 Def. PROP. XL PROB. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so...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 divide .it into two parts,... | |
 | Miles Bland - Geometry - 1827 - 458 pages
...contained by the whole line produced and the part produced may be equal to a given square. 9. To divide a 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. 10. To divide... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1832 - 333 pages
...equal to the square of the other part. Let 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, sha'l be equal to the square of the other part. Upon AB describe (40. 1.) the square ABDC;... | |
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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 the other part. 
