 The formula states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the base and altitude.  Observational Geometry - Page 52by William Taylor Campbell - 1899 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Education - 1915 - 908 pages
...there are eternal verities. Every algebraic equation, for instance, has a root now and forever. That the square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the two sides is true independently of time and place, is a verity which cannot be questioned.... | |
 | Elmer Adelbert Lyman - Arithmetic - 1905 - 268 pages
...correct value of 3.1604 for ir. 180. The Egyptians are also credited with knowing that in special cases the square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. They were careful to locate their temples and other public buildings... | |
 | Elmer Adelbert Lyman - Arithmetic - 1905 - 270 pages
...correct value of 3.1604 for ir. 180. The Egyptians are also credited with knowing that in special cases the square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the snm of the squares of the other two sides. They were careful to locate their temples and other public... | |
 | George Clinton Shutts - 1905 - 260 pages
...find X ? § 317. 4. Construct the rectangle. PROPOSITION X. 341. Theorem. The square described upon the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described upon the other two sides. Let ABC represent a right triangle whose hypotenuse... | |
 | Education - 1913 - 914 pages
...proposition thrust it forcibly upon the attention of the Greeks. When it was learned that the square upon the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the legs, it was natural to inquire what is the length of the hypotenuse x of a right... | |
 | Isaac Newton Failor - Geometry - 1906 - 431 pages
...circumference of a circle to the diamePLANE GEOMETRY — BOOK III PROPOSITION XXVII. THEOREM 369 The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the two legs. HYPOTHESIS. CONCLUSION. BC is the hypotenuse of the rt. A BAG. PROOF Draw... | |
 | Isaac Newton Failor - Geometry - 1906 - 440 pages
...segments of the diameter. PLANE GEOMETRY — BOOK III PROPOSITION XXVII. THEOREM 369 The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the two legs. HYPOTHESIS. BC is the hypotenuse of the rt. A BAC. CONCLUSION. BC2 = A... | |
 | Kirk Lester Hatch, J. A. Haselwood - Agriculture - 1907 - 208 pages
...3 1-7. 3. To find the area of a circle multiply the square of the radius by 3 1-7. 4. The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other sides. NOTE: Make a drawing before attempting to solve any of the following... | |
 | John William McClymonds, David Rhys Jones - Arithmetic - 1907 - 352 pages
...hypotenuse with the number of units in the sum of the squares upon the other two sides. The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Answer the following from the figure: 5. If the number of squares... | |
 | Silas Ellsworth Coleman - Physics - 1908 - 284 pages
...by them in the diagram. Computation and Comparison. — 1. Find the same resultant by computation. (The- square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.) Remember that the resultant is a force, not a line. 2. Write down... | |
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