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... angle acb be a right - angle ; it is required to divide it into three equal angles . d b On either leg bc describe within the right - angle acb , the equilateral triangle bcd ; and bisect the angle bcd by the line ce ( 1 Euclid , 9 ) ...
... angle acb be a right - angle ; it is required to divide it into three equal angles . d b On either leg bc describe within the right - angle acb , the equilateral triangle bcd ; and bisect the angle bcd by the line ce ( 1 Euclid , 9 ) ...
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... angle acb ; wherefore the remaining angle acd is one - third of the right - angle acb ; and the angle bcd being bisected in ce , the three angles acd , dce , and ecb , which compose the whole right - angle acb , are equal angles ...
... angle acb ; wherefore the remaining angle acd is one - third of the right - angle acb ; and the angle bcd being bisected in ce , the three angles acd , dce , and ecb , which compose the whole right - angle acb , are equal angles ...
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... angle acb by the line ce ( by 1 Euclid , 9 ) , cutting the line ab in e . From the point a as a centre , and at the dis- tance ae , describe the circle efg , cutting the cir- cumference of the circle abd in the point f , and join af ...
... angle acb by the line ce ( by 1 Euclid , 9 ) , cutting the line ab in e . From the point a as a centre , and at the dis- tance ae , describe the circle efg , cutting the cir- cumference of the circle abd in the point f , and join af ...
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... angles at the base ab ( that is , the angles cab , cba ) are equal ( 1 Eu- clid , 5 ) . But these two angles cab and cba , to- gether with the right - angle , acb , are equal to two right angles ; that is to 90 ° x 2 = 180 ( by 1 Euclid ...
... angles at the base ab ( that is , the angles cab , cba ) are equal ( 1 Eu- clid , 5 ) . But these two angles cab and cba , to- gether with the right - angle , acb , are equal to two right angles ; that is to 90 ° x 2 = 180 ( by 1 Euclid ...
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... angle at the centre acb is a right- angle , the square of the hypothenuse ( that is , the chord ) ab is the sum of the squares of the two B sides ac and cb , which are equal sides ; TO EUCLID'S ELEMENTS . 17.
... angle at the centre acb is a right- angle , the square of the hypothenuse ( that is , the chord ) ab is the sum of the squares of the two B sides ac and cb , which are equal sides ; TO EUCLID'S ELEMENTS . 17.
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Page 62 - Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides.
Page 5 - The areas of two similar triangles are to one another as the squares of their homologous or similarly situated sides (fig.
Page 41 - PROP. XV. THEOR. Magnitudes have the same ratio to one another which their equimultiples have. Let AB be the same multiple of C, that DE is of F: C shall be to F, as AB to DE.
Page 63 - Ratios that are the same to the same ratio, are the same to one another.
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Page 56 - In any triangle the square on a side opposite to an acute angle is less than the sum of the squares on the sides which contain the acute angle ; (e}. In an obtuse-angled triangle the square on the side subtending the obtuse angle is greater than the sum of the squares on the sides containing...
Page 57 - PROPOSITION 20. In a circle the angle at the centre is double of the angle at the circumference, when the angles have the same circumference as base.
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Page 61 - And in continued proportions, the square of the mean is equal to the rectangle contained by the extremes.