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... coincide with each other , that is , which exactly fill the same space , are equal . 9. The whole is greater than any of its parts . 10. The whole is equal to the sum of all its parts . 11. From one point to another only one straight ...
... coincide with each other , that is , which exactly fill the same space , are equal . 9. The whole is greater than any of its parts . 10. The whole is equal to the sum of all its parts . 11. From one point to another only one straight ...
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... coinciding with AC , the line GH will coincide with CD . For , if it could have any other position , as CK , then , because the angle EGH is equal to FGH ( Def . 10 ) , the angle ACK must be equal to BCK , and therefore the angle ACD is ...
... coinciding with AC , the line GH will coincide with CD . For , if it could have any other position , as CK , then , because the angle EGH is equal to FGH ( Def . 10 ) , the angle ACK must be equal to BCK , and therefore the angle ACD is ...
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... coincide with each other throughout their whole extent , and form but one and the same straight line . Let there be two straight lines , having the points A and B in common ; these lines will coincide throughout their whole extent ...
... coincide with each other throughout their whole extent , and form but one and the same straight line . Let there be two straight lines , having the points A and B in common ; these lines will coincide throughout their whole extent ...
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... coincide with the point E , because AB is equal to DE ; and AB , coin- ciding with DE , AC will coincide with DF , because the an- gle A is equal to the angle D. Hence , also , the point C will coincide with the point F , because AC is ...
... coincide with the point E , because AB is equal to DE ; and AB , coin- ciding with DE , AC will coincide with DF , because the an- gle A is equal to the angle D. Hence , also , the point C will coincide with the point F , because AC is ...
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... coincide with the point F , because BC is equal to EF . Also , since the angle B is equal to the an- gle E , the side BA will take the direction ED , and therefore the point A will be found somewhere in the line DE . And , because the ...
... coincide with the point F , because BC is equal to EF . Also , since the angle B is equal to the an- gle E , the side BA will take the direction ED , and therefore the point A will be found somewhere in the line DE . And , because the ...
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ABCD AC is equal allel altitude angle ABC angle ACB angle BAC base BCDEF bisected chord circle circumference cone convex surface curve described diameter dicular draw drawn ellipse equal angles equal to AC equally distant equiangular equivalent exterior angle foci four right angles frustum given angle greater Hence Prop hyperbola inscribed intersection join latus rectum less Let ABC lines AC major axis mean proportional measured by half meet number of sides ordinate parabola parallelogram parallelopiped pendicular perimeter perpen perpendicular plane MN principal vertex prism PROPOSITION pyramid radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles Prop Scholium segment side BC similar similar triangles solid angle sphere spherical triangle square subtangent tangent THEOREM triangle ABC triangle DEF vertex vertices VIII
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Page 17 - If two triangles have two sides and the included angle of the one, equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, each to each, the two triangles will be equal.
Page 60 - Any two rectangles are to each other as the products of their bases by their altitudes.
Page 63 - IF a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square of the whole line is equal to the squares of the two parts, together with twice the' rectangle contained by the parts.
Page 18 - BC common to the two triangles, which is adjacent to their equal angles ; therefore their other sides shall be equal, each to each, and the third angle of the one to the third angle of the other, (26.
Page 101 - When you have proved that the three angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles...
Page 10 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Page 37 - Proportional, when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the second to the third.
Page 32 - 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 15 - Wherefore, when a straight line, &c. QED PROP. XIV. THEOR. If, at a point in a straight line, two other straight lines, upon the opposite sides of it, make the adjacent angles together equal to two right angles, these two straight lines shall be in one and the same straight line.
Page 30 - If a side of any triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles; and the three interior angles of every triangle are together equal to two right angles.