Elements of geometry, based on Euclid, book i |
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... isosceles triangle also bisects the base . 3. Prove Euc . I. 5 , by the method of super - position . 4. In the ... isosceles triangle , whose base is BC , and AD is perpendicular to BC ; every point in AD is equally distant from B ...
... isosceles triangle also bisects the base . 3. Prove Euc . I. 5 , by the method of super - position . 4. In the ... isosceles triangle , whose base is BC , and AD is perpendicular to BC ; every point in AD is equally distant from B ...
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Edward Atkins. 16. Describe an isosceles triangle having a given base , and whose vertical angle is half a right angle . 17. AB is a straight line , C and D are points on the same side of it ; find a point E in AB such that the sum of CE ...
Edward Atkins. 16. Describe an isosceles triangle having a given base , and whose vertical angle is half a right angle . 17. AB is a straight line , C and D are points on the same side of it ; find a point E in AB such that the sum of CE ...
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ABC is equal adjacent angles alternate angles angle ABC angle BAC angle BCD angle contained angle EDF angle EGB angle GHD angles BGH angles CBE angles equal bisect centre cloth Const describe the circle diagonal equal sides equal to BC equal triangles equilateral triangle exterior angle Fcap four right angles GHD Ax given point given rectilineal angle given straight line given triangle gram HENRY EVERS interior and opposite isosceles triangle join less Let ABC LL.D meet opposite angles parallel straight lines parallel to BC parallelogram ABCD perpendicular Post 8vo PROOF PROOF.-Because Q. E. D. Proposition rectilineal figure remaining angle right angles Ax side BC sides are opposite sides equal square described square GB third angle trapezium triangle ABC triangle DEF WILLIAM COLLINS
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