A Treatise on Algebra: Symbolical algebra and its applications to the geometry of positionsJ. & J. J. Deighton, 1845 - Algebra |
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... that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other . " If we call the greater of the two parts , and , therefore , ax the other , the equation will become a ( a - x ) = x2 ( 2 ) ...
... that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other . " If we call the greater of the two parts , and , therefore , ax the other , the equation will become a ( a - x ) = x2 ( 2 ) ...
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Page 88 - 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, shall be equal to the square of the other part.
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