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... foot , and walks 3 miles an hour . Two hours later his friend follows him on horse- back and rides 7 miles an hour . Where will the latter overtake the former ? Let x = No. of hours after second starts when he over- takes the first ...
... foot , and walks 3 miles an hour . Two hours later his friend follows him on horse- back and rides 7 miles an hour . Where will the latter overtake the former ? Let x = No. of hours after second starts when he over- takes the first ...
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... foot . To find the surface of a cone . Rule . Multiply the slant height by half the circumference of the base and the product with the area of the base will be the whole surface . C Slant height AC = √482 + 362 = 48 36 √2304 + 1296 ...
... foot . To find the surface of a cone . Rule . Multiply the slant height by half the circumference of the base and the product with the area of the base will be the whole surface . C Slant height AC = √482 + 362 = 48 36 √2304 + 1296 ...
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... foot ? 6. What is the area of a triangle whose sides are 13 , 15 , and 14 feet respectively ? 7. Give the rules for finding the area of a circle , and of the sector of a circle . 8. The area of a sector being 125 square feet , and of ...
... foot ? 6. What is the area of a triangle whose sides are 13 , 15 , and 14 feet respectively ? 7. Give the rules for finding the area of a circle , and of the sector of a circle . 8. The area of a sector being 125 square feet , and of ...
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... foot is placed 3 feet 6 inches from the wall . How long is the ladder ? 15. What is the diameter of a coach wheel that makes 600 revolutions in travelling a mile ? 16. Find the area of the triangle whose base is 103 feet and height 4 ...
... foot is placed 3 feet 6 inches from the wall . How long is the ladder ? 15. What is the diameter of a coach wheel that makes 600 revolutions in travelling a mile ? 16. Find the area of the triangle whose base is 103 feet and height 4 ...
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... foot . 38. A perpendicular 10 chains long from the right angle of a right - angled triangle on the hypotenuse divides it in the ratio of 1 : 4 ; find the lengths of the two sides . 39. The sides of a triangle are 39 , 42 98.
... foot . 38. A perpendicular 10 chains long from the right angle of a right - angled triangle on the hypotenuse divides it in the ratio of 1 : 4 ; find the lengths of the two sides . 39. The sides of a triangle are 39 , 42 98.
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Page 64 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a straight line be drawn cutting the circle, the angles which this line makes with the line touching the circle shall be equal to the angles which are in the alternate segments of the circle.
Page 80 - To make a triangle of which the sides shall be equal to three given straight lines, but any two whatever of these must be greater than the third (20.
Page 60 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another : 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle.
Page 48 - ... the sides containing the obtuse angle, by twice the rectangle contained by the side upon which, when produced, the perpendicular falls, and the straight line intercepted without the triangle between the perpendicular and the obtuse...
Page 82 - If, at a point in a straight line, two other straight lines, upon the opposite sides of it, make the adjacent angles together equal to two right angles, these two straight lines shall be in one and the same straight line.
Page 60 - IF two straight lines cut one another, the vertical, or opposite, angles shall be equal.
Page 45 - Straight lines which are parallel to the same straight line are parallel to one another. Triangles and Rectilinear Figures. The sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles.
Page 32 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts ; the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square on the line between the points of section, is equal to the square on half the line.
Page 13 - If two angles of a triangle be equal to one another, the sides also which subtend, or are opposite to, the equal angles, shall be equal to one another.
Page 30 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.