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... externally ; and , in either case , the distances of the point from the extremities of the line are called its segments . OBS . A straight line is equal to the sum or difference of its segments according as it is divided internally or ...
... externally ; and , in either case , the distances of the point from the extremities of the line are called its segments . OBS . A straight line is equal to the sum or difference of its segments according as it is divided internally or ...
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... externally at any point , the sum of the squares on the segments is double the sum of the squares on half the line and on the line between the point of division and the middle point of the line . SECTION . 2 . PROBLEMS . PROB . I. To 24 ...
... externally at any point , the sum of the squares on the segments is double the sum of the squares on half the line and on the line between the point of division and the middle point of the line . SECTION . 2 . PROBLEMS . PROB . I. To 24 ...
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... externally . OBS . ( 3 ) . If the distance between the centres of two circles is less than the sum and greater than the difference of their radii , their circumferences will meet in two points . DEF . 15. In this case the circles are ...
... externally . OBS . ( 3 ) . If the distance between the centres of two circles is less than the sum and greater than the difference of their radii , their circumferences will meet in two points . DEF . 15. In this case the circles are ...
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... externally into segments having any given ratio except the ratio of equality : and in each case there is only one such point of division . THEOR . 3. A straight line which divides the sides of a triangle proportionally is parallel to ...
... externally into segments having any given ratio except the ratio of equality : and in each case there is only one such point of division . THEOR . 3. A straight line which divides the sides of a triangle proportionally is parallel to ...
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... externally in the ratio of the sides of the triangle . And , conversely , if the base is divided internally or externally in the ratio of the sides of the triangle , the straight line drawn from the point of division to the vertex ...
... externally in the ratio of the sides of the triangle . And , conversely , if the base is divided internally or externally in the ratio of the sides of the triangle , the straight line drawn from the point of division to the vertex ...
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adjacent angles adjoining sides angles are equal angles equal angles opposite antecedent ARITHMETIC Axioms bisects Book called centre chord circle a regular circumference circumscribe CONIC SECTIONS consequent construct a triangle contrapositive convex polygon Crown 8vo distance divided internally equal angles equal circles equal magnitudes equimultiples fcap given angle given circle given point given ratio given straight line greater angle hypotenuse identically equal inscribe interior angles less lines are proportional Loci locus magnitudes are equal minor arcs multiple obtuse angle opposite angles pair parallel straight lines parallelogram perpendicular PLANE GEOMETRY point of contact point of division polygon PROB protractor quadrilateral radii ratio compounded ratios are equal rectangle contained right angles Rule of Conversion segments side opposite Similar rectilineal figures square straight line drawn straight line intersects subtended Superposition SYLLABUS OF PLANE THEOR three magnitudes triangles are identically unequal vertex whence whole numbers
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Page 6 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz.
Page 23 - In the same circle, or in equal circles, equal chords are equally distant from the centre ; and of two unequal chords, the less is at the greater distance from the centre.
Page 48 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 11 - Assuming that the areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles...
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Page 18 - In a right.angled triangle, the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the sides containing the right angle . . . . 130 Applications of Pythagoras' theorem . . . . 132 THEOREM 6.
Page 7 - Of all the straight lines that can be drawn to a given straight line from a given point outside it, the perpendicular is the shortest.
Page 52 - PUCKLE— AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON CONIC SECTIONS AND ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY. With Numerous Examples and Hints for their Solution ; especially designed for the Use of Beginners. By GH PUCKLE, MA New Edition, revised and enlarged.
Page 8 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 17 - Iff a straight line be divided into any two parts, four times the rectangle contained by the whole line, and one of the parts, together with the square of the other part, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the whole and that part.