 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 400 pages
...is described upon the given straight line AB. Which was required to be done. PROPOSITION II. PBOB. From a given point to draw a straight line equal to a given straight line. From the point A to B draw (1 Post.) the straight lino AB ; and upon it describe (1. I.) the equilateral... | |
 | Euclid - Geometry - 1853 - 176 pages
...four-sided figure may . have a circle described about it. PROBLEMS. A. Relating to straight Lines. 12 ... From a given point to draw a straight line equal to a given finite straight line. Through a given point to draw a straight line parallel to a given straight line.... | |
 | Euclides - Geometry - 1853 - 176 pages
...lines, &c. QED PROPOSITION XXXI.— PROBLEM. To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line. LET a be the given point, and b С the given straight line ; it is required to draw a straight liae through the point a, parallel... | |
 | Popular educator - 1852 - 1272 pages
...satisfactorily the elementary abstractions of Geometry r Distinguish between a postulate and an axiom. 2. From a given point to draw a straight line equal to a given straight line. 3. If two angles of a triangle be equal to each other, the sides also which subtend the equal angles,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1854 - 436 pages
...parts, into eight, into sixteen, and so on. PROBLEM VI. Through a given point, to draw a line parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BO the given line. From the point A as a centre, F .g with a radius AE, greater than the shortest distance... | |
 | Euclides - 1855 - 270 pages
...a given finite straight line, that shall have each of its sides double the base. PROP. II. PROBLEM. From a given point to draw a straight line equal to...given straight line. Let A be the given point, and B С the given straight line. It is required to draw from the point A a straight line equal to B С.... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Electronic book - 1855 - 592 pages
...416 CYCLOPEDIA OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE. 417 To draw a straight lute through a given point parallel to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and B~ ~-\ С В С the given une. From the point A, as а centre, with a radius greater than the shortest... | |
 | Euclides - 1858 - 248 pages
...to the station 0, the distance from B to A, or from C to A, will be ascertained. PROP. 2. — PROB. From a given point to draw a straight line equal to a given straight line. SOLUTION. — Pst. 1. A st. line may be drawn from any point to any other point. P. 1. On a given line... | |
 | Robert Potts - Geometry, Plane - 1860 - 380 pages
...described upon the given straight line AB. Which was required to be done. PROPOSITION II. PROBLEM. From a given point, to draw a straight line equal...given straight line. Let A be the given point, and .BCthe given straight line. It is required to draw from the point A, a straight line equal to BC. From... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1860 - 334 pages
...ABC is therefore equilateral, and it is described upon the given straight line AB. PROP. II. PROB. From a given point to draw a straight line equal to a given straight line. From the point A to B draw (1. Post.) the straight line AB ; and upon it describe (1. 1.) the equilateral... | |
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From a given point to draw a straight line equal to a given straight line. Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line ; it is required to draw, from the point A, a straight line equal to BC. 
