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... regular order is the consideration of those plane figures which inclose an area ; and , first , of those whose boundaries are straight lines . A POLYGON is a portion of a plane bounded by straight lines . The straight lines are the ...
... regular order is the consideration of those plane figures which inclose an area ; and , first , of those whose boundaries are straight lines . A POLYGON is a portion of a plane bounded by straight lines . The straight lines are the ...
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... regular and simple ; 2. The two dimensions of the square , its length and breadth , are the same ; and , 3. A plane ... polygon may be taken as the base . The ALTITUDE of a parallelogram is the distance be- tween the base and the ...
... regular and simple ; 2. The two dimensions of the square , its length and breadth , are the same ; and , 3. A plane ... polygon may be taken as the base . The ALTITUDE of a parallelogram is the distance be- tween the base and the ...
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... REGULAR POLYGONS . 439. A REGULAR POLYGON is one which has all its sides equal , and all its angles equal . The square and the equilateral triangle are regular polygons . A 440. Theorem . Within a regular polygon there is a point ...
... REGULAR POLYGONS . 439. A REGULAR POLYGON is one which has all its sides equal , and all its angles equal . The square and the equilateral triangle are regular polygons . A 440. Theorem . Within a regular polygon there is a point ...
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... regular polygon may have a circle circumscribed about it . For , with O as a center and OA as a radius , a circumference may be described passing through all the vertices of the polygon ( 153 ) . 442. Theorem . — The point which is ...
... regular polygon may have a circle circumscribed about it . For , with O as a center and OA as a radius , a circumference may be described passing through all the vertices of the polygon ( 153 ) . 442. Theorem . — The point which is ...
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... regular polygon . The APOTHEM of a regular polygon is the radius of the inscribed circle . 446. Theorem . — If the circumference of a circle be di- vided into equal arcs , the chords of those equal arcs will be the sides of a regular ...
... regular polygon . The APOTHEM of a regular polygon is the radius of the inscribed circle . 446. Theorem . — If the circumference of a circle be di- vided into equal arcs , the chords of those equal arcs will be the sides of a regular ...
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Page 98 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 182 - ... the plane at equal distances from the foot of the perpendicular, are equal...
Page 141 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle is equivalent to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 91 - Conversely, if two angles of a triangle are equal, the sides opposite them are also equal, and the triangle is isosceles.
Page 84 - If a circle have any number of equal chords, what is the locus of their points of bisection? 21. If any point, not the center, be taken in a diameter of a circle, of all the chords which can pass through that point, that one is the least which is at right angles to the diameter. 22. If from any point there extend two lines tangent to a circumference, the angle contained by the tangents is double the angle contained by the line joining the points of contact and the radius extending to one of them....
Page 117 - ABC, so that DE shall be equal to the difference of BD and CE. 22. In a given circle, to inscribe a triangle similar to a given triangle. 23. In a given circle, find the locus of the middle points of those chords which pass through a given point. 25. If a line bisects an exterior angle of a triangle, it divides the base produced into segments ^A which are proportional to the adjacent sides.
Page 307 - The sum of any two sides of a triangle is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite to those sides, to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 237 - The volume of any prism is equal to the product of its base by its altitude. Let V denote the volume, B the base, and H the altitude of the prism DA'.
Page 233 - The volume of a rectangular parallelepiped is equal to the product of its three dimensions.
Page 126 - Theorem. — Two parallelograms are equal when two adjacent sides and the included angle in the one, are respectively equal to those parts in the other.