Queen's scholarship examination. Amner's eight years' scholarship questions ... in Euclid, algebra, & mensuration1879 |
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... . A rectangular park , one side of which is twice as long as the other , contains 500 acres ; how much ground will be occupied by a road 15 feet wide running round it ? } - -Ans . 2. Two equal chords , 15 inches in length , 75.
... . A rectangular park , one side of which is twice as long as the other , contains 500 acres ; how much ground will be occupied by a road 15 feet wide running round it ? } - -Ans . 2. Two equal chords , 15 inches in length , 75.
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... inches . Angle BAC - 2 / 3 of a right angle = 2 / 3 of 90 ° = 60 ° . .. Triangle ABC is equilateral . Draw AD perpendicular to BC ( I. 12 ) , and because it bisects BC , it will pass through the centre ( cor . III . 1 ) . Produce AD to ...
... inches . Angle BAC - 2 / 3 of a right angle = 2 / 3 of 90 ° = 60 ° . .. Triangle ABC is equilateral . Draw AD perpendicular to BC ( I. 12 ) , and because it bisects BC , it will pass through the centre ( cor . III . 1 ) . Produce AD to ...
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... their perpendicular dis- tance being 19 feet and the area of the field 475 square feet . 2. Find the ratio of the area of a circle to the area of a regular hexagon which has the same perimeter . 3. A room 25 feet 3 inches long , 14 94.
... their perpendicular dis- tance being 19 feet and the area of the field 475 square feet . 2. Find the ratio of the area of a circle to the area of a regular hexagon which has the same perimeter . 3. A room 25 feet 3 inches long , 14 94.
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Joseph Wollman. 3. A room 25 feet 3 inches long , 14 feet 6 inches wide , has a semicircular bow 21 feet in diameter thrown out on one side ; find the area of the whole room . 4. How much land will be wanted for a road 8 miles long and ...
Joseph Wollman. 3. A room 25 feet 3 inches long , 14 feet 6 inches wide , has a semicircular bow 21 feet in diameter thrown out on one side ; find the area of the whole room . 4. How much land will be wanted for a road 8 miles long and ...
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... 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 feet ? 17. The expense of ...
... 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 feet ? 17. The expense of ...
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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.
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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.
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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.