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... means the direct ratio . 124. A COMPOUND ratio is the product of two or more ratios . Thus the ratio compounded of A : B and C : D is A с АХС X or B D ' BX D 125. A PROPORTION is an equality of ratios . Four magnitudes are in proportion ...
... means the direct ratio . 124. A COMPOUND ratio is the product of two or more ratios . Thus the ratio compounded of A : B and C : D is A с АХС X or B D ' BX D 125. A PROPORTION is an equality of ratios . Four magnitudes are in proportion ...
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... means are the same magnitude , either of them is called a MEAN PROPORTIONAL between the extremes ; and if , in a series of proportional magnitudes , each consequent is the same as the next antecedent , those magnitudes are said to be in ...
... means are the same magnitude , either of them is called a MEAN PROPORTIONAL between the extremes ; and if , in a series of proportional magnitudes , each consequent is the same as the next antecedent , those magnitudes are said to be in ...
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... two extremes is equal to the product of the two means . Let A B C D ; then will A X D = BX C. : : For , since the magnitudes are in proportion , A B C = and reducing the fractions of this equation to a common BOOK II . 47.
... two extremes is equal to the product of the two means . Let A B C D ; then will A X D = BX C. : : For , since the magnitudes are in proportion , A B C = and reducing the fractions of this equation to a common BOOK II . 47.
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... mean . Let A B B : C ; then will A X C For , since the magnitudes are in proportion , = B2 . A B B = C ' and , by Prop . I. , = AX CBX B , or AXC B2 . PROPOSITION IV . - THEOREM . 138. If the product 48 ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY .
... mean . Let A B B : C ; then will A X C For , since the magnitudes are in proportion , = B2 . A B B = C ' and , by Prop . I. , = AX CBX B , or AXC B2 . PROPOSITION IV . - THEOREM . 138. If the product 48 ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY .
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... mean proportional between the other two . Let AX C = tween A and C. B2 ; then B is a mean proportional be- For , dividing each member of the given equation by BX C , we have whence Α B = B C ' A : B : B : C. PROPOSITION V. - THEOREM ...
... mean proportional between the other two . Let AX C = tween A and C. B2 ; then B is a mean proportional be- For , dividing each member of the given equation by BX C , we have whence Α B = B C ' A : B : B : C. PROPOSITION V. - THEOREM ...
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Page 17 - 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 57 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and also one side of the one equal to the corresponding side of the other, the triangles are congruent.
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