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... antecedent , and the conclusion the consequent . It is to be understood that when A and C stand for plural nouns , the plural verb will be used . All geometric theorems are of the above type - form , or can be put in this form . For ...
... antecedent , and the conclusion the consequent . It is to be understood that when A and C stand for plural nouns , the plural verb will be used . All geometric theorems are of the above type - form , or can be put in this form . For ...
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... antecedent ) to conclusion ( or con- sequent ) . When we say that the theorem is " true , " we do not mean that either statement is true in itself , but only that the con- sequent is true whenever the antecedent is true . This may be ...
... antecedent ) to conclusion ( or con- sequent ) . When we say that the theorem is " true , " we do not mean that either statement is true in itself , but only that the con- sequent is true whenever the antecedent is true . This may be ...
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... antecedents . In this method we examine the antecedent conditions from which the conclusion in question would follow , and then compare these conditions with the given hypothesis . For example , let the conclusion be called statement S ...
... antecedents . In this method we examine the antecedent conditions from which the conclusion in question would follow , and then compare these conditions with the given hypothesis . For example , let the conclusion be called statement S ...
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... antecedent state- ment A which we know to be true by some principle already accepted , or which would follow from ... antecedents gives a decisive result if we arrive at an ante- cedent known to be true , for then the opposite of S is ...
... antecedent state- ment A which we know to be true by some principle already accepted , or which would follow from ... antecedents gives a decisive result if we arrive at an ante- cedent known to be true , for then the opposite of S is ...
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... antecedent and B the consequent of the ratio . If there are two other magnitudes of the same kind , x and Y ( not ... antecedents are said to be homologous terms in the two ratios , and so are the two consequents . 15. Equal ratios ...
... antecedent and B the consequent of the ratio . If there are two other magnitudes of the same kind , x and Y ( not ... antecedents are said to be homologous terms in the two ratios , and so are the two consequents . 15. Equal ratios ...
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ABCD adjacent sides altitude angle AOB angle equal angles are equal antecedents apothem base bisector bisects called central angle central line chord circumscribed circles coincide contraposite corresponding sides Definition diagonal difference divided Draw drawn equal angles equal circles equal ratios equiangular equilateral polygon equivalent figure geometry given angle given circle given line given point given polygon given ratio greater half Hence hypotenuse hypothesis inscribed interior angles intersect isosceles triangle less Let ABC line joining line-segments magnitudes measure-number mid-point mth multiple n-gon number of sides number-correspondent opposite sides parallel parallelogram perigon perimeter perpendicular PROBLEM prolonged prove quadrangle radii radius ratio compounded ratio of similitude regular polygons respectively equal rhombus right angle right triangle segments Show similar polygons similar triangles similarly solution statement straight angle straight line subtended superposable surface symmetric tangent THEOREM triangle ABC unequal vertex vertical angle
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Page 148 - In every triangle, the square on the side subtending an acute angle is less than the sum of the squares on the sides containing that angle, by twice the rectangle contained by either of these sides, and the straight line intercepted between the perpendicular let fall on it from the opposite angle, and the acute angle.
Page 147 - In an obtuse-angled triangle the square on the side opposite the obtuse angle is greater than the sum of the squares on the other two sides by twice the rectangle contained by either side and the projection on it of the other side.
Page 7 - LET it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Page 136 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square on the whole line is...
Page 195 - UPON a given straight line to describe a segment of a circle containing an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle.
Page 80 - The straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equal to half of it 46 INTERCEPTS BY PARALLEL LINES.
Page 305 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. D c A' D' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', ZA = ZA'. To prove AABC = ABxAC. A A'B'C' A'B'xA'C' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.
Page 287 - ... they have an angle of one equal to an angle of the other and the including sides are proportional; (c) their sides are respectively proportional.
Page 263 - If four magnitudes of the same kind be proportionals, they shall also be proportionals when taken alternately. Let A, B, C, D be four magnitudes of the same kind, which are proportionals, viz.
Page 32 - At a given point in a given straight line, to construct an angle equal to a given angle. Let A be the given point in the straight line AB, and O the given angle.