Report of Her Majesty's Civil Service Commissioners: Together with Appendices, Volume 21Eyre and Spottiswoode., 1877 |
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... at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another ; and if the equal sides be produced , the angles upon the other side of the base shall be equal . Prove , by using any propositions in the First Book , that if two isosceles ...
... at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another ; and if the equal sides be produced , the angles upon the other side of the base shall be equal . Prove , by using any propositions in the First Book , that if two isosceles ...
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