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... equal to the fraction made by the terms of the latter . 6 Thus the ratio of 68 is equal to the ratio of 3 : 4 , for 3 8 4 • 29. Hence , if both terms of any ratio be multiplied or di- vided by the same quantity , the ratio is not ...
... equal to the fraction made by the terms of the latter . 6 Thus the ratio of 68 is equal to the ratio of 3 : 4 , for 3 8 4 • 29. Hence , if both terms of any ratio be multiplied or di- vided by the same quantity , the ratio is not ...
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... equal to the fraction constituted by the terms of the other ratio placed in the same order . α с b d ΟΤ , b d a с Thus , if a : b :: c : d , then will == 57. If four quantities are proportionals , the product of the extremes is equal to ...
... equal to the fraction constituted by the terms of the other ratio placed in the same order . α с b d ΟΤ , b d a с Thus , if a : b :: c : d , then will == 57. If four quantities are proportionals , the product of the extremes is equal to ...
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... equal , wherefore b : a :: this operation and property is usually cited under the name TENDO . Euclid pr . B. Book 5 ... equals by —— , b , or ) α b -- 2 с = where- a b we have X = b с that is , a : c :: b : d ; this is named ALTER ...
... equal , wherefore b : a :: this operation and property is usually cited under the name TENDO . Euclid pr . B. Book 5 ... equals by —— , b , or ) α b -- 2 с = where- a b we have X = b с that is , a : c :: b : d ; this is named ALTER ...
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... equal to the product of the two means ; and in three proportionals , the product of the extremes is equal to the square of the mean . logarithmically ; the remaining four cannot be given in a G 2 PART IV . 83 GEOMETRICAL PROGRESSION .
... equal to the product of the two means ; and in three proportionals , the product of the extremes is equal to the square of the mean . logarithmically ; the remaining four cannot be given in a G 2 PART IV . 83 GEOMETRICAL PROGRESSION .
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... equal whole numbers . Thus 6 is an even number , being divisible into two equal whole numbers , 3 and 3 , & c . 7. An odd number is that which cannot be divided into two equal whole numbers ; or , which differs from an even number by ...
... equal whole numbers . Thus 6 is an even number , being divisible into two equal whole numbers , 3 and 3 , & c . 7. An odd number is that which cannot be divided into two equal whole numbers ; or , which differs from an even number by ...
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Page 280 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a chord be drawn, the angles which this chord makes with the tangent are equal to the angles in the alternate segments.
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Page 353 - In the same way it may be proved that a : b : : sin. A : sin. B, and these two proportions may be written a : 6 : c : : sin. A : sin. B : sin. C. THEOREM III. t8. In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference. By Theorem II. we have a : b : : sin. A : sin. B.
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Page 256 - If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point ; the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square of half the line bisected, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced.
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Page 269 - II. Two magnitudes are said to be reciprocally proportional to two others, when one of the first is to one of the other magnitudes as the remaining one of the last two is to the remaining one of the first.
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