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... until the assumed hypothesis is shown to be false . Its contradictory is thus proved to be true . This method of demonstration is often used in Geometry . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . If a straight line meet BOOK I. 23.
... until the assumed hypothesis is shown to be false . Its contradictory is thus proved to be true . This method of demonstration is often used in Geometry . PROPOSITION IV . THEOREM . If a straight line meet BOOK I. 23.
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... , we have , BD + DC < BA + AC . But it was shown that BO + OC is less than BD + DC ; still more , then , is BO + OC less than BA + AC ; which was to be proved . PROPOSITION IX . THEOREM . If two triangles have two BOOK I. 27.
... , we have , BD + DC < BA + AC . But it was shown that BO + OC is less than BD + DC ; still more , then , is BO + OC less than BA + AC ; which was to be proved . PROPOSITION IX . THEOREM . If two triangles have two BOOK I. 27.
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... shown , as in the first case , that AD is equal to DF Then , because the point triangle ADF , the sum of the lines AD Clies within the and DF will be greater than the sum of the lines AC and CF ( P. VIII . ) : hence , AD , the half of ...
... shown , as in the first case , that AD is equal to DF Then , because the point triangle ADF , the sum of the lines AD Clies within the and DF will be greater than the sum of the lines AC and CF ( P. VIII . ) : hence , AD , the half of ...
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... shown , DA and DB will be equal ; but IB is less than the sum of ID and DB ( P. VII . ) ; and because the sum of ID and DB is equal to the sum of ID and DA , or IA , we have IB less than IA : hence , I is unequally distant from A and B ...
... shown , DA and DB will be equal ; but IB is less than the sum of ID and DB ( P. VII . ) ; and because the sum of ID and DB is equal to the sum of ID and DA , or IA , we have IB less than IA : hence , I is unequally distant from A and B ...
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... shown , AB and CD are parallel . If two straight lines are cut by a third , making the opposite exterior and interior angles equal , the two straight lines will be parallel . Let the angles EGB and GHD be equal : Now EGB and AGH are ...
... shown , AB and CD are parallel . If two straight lines are cut by a third , making the opposite exterior and interior angles equal , the two straight lines will be parallel . Let the angles EGB and GHD be equal : Now EGB and AGH are ...
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Page 101 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and altitude.
Page 92 - PROBLEM XV. To inscribe a circle in a given triangle. Let ABC be the given triangle. Bisect the angles A and B, by the lines AO and BO, meeting in the point 0 (Prob.
Page 48 - 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.
Page 45 - In any triangle, the sum of the two sides containing either angle, is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the two other angles, to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 106 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 33 - THEOREM. If two angles of a triangle are equal, the sides opposite to them are also equal, and consequently, the triangle is isosceles.
Page 18 - A SCALENE TRIANGLE is one which has no two of its sides equal ; as the triangle GH I.
Page 30 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, and the included angles unequal, the third sides will be unequal; and the greater side will belong to the triangle which has the greater included angle.
Page 8 - The logarithm of any power of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number multiplied by the exponent of the power.
Page 156 - DE, are like parts of the circumferences to which they belong, and similar sectors, as A CH and 'D OE, are like parts of the circles to which they belong : hence, similar arcs are to each other as their radii, and similar sectors are to each other as the squares of their radii.