Solutions to the mathematical examination papers set for admission to the Royal military academy, Woolwich, and for the Royal military college [&c.] by D. Tierney and H. Sharratt1877 |
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... given . If x and y differ in value , explain why ( x − y ) 2 = ( y — x ) 2 . Shew how the rule of signs stated above leads to the introduction of imaginary quantities in Algebra . Tod . Alg . , Arts . 354 , 355 . by 2. Multiply ( 1 + x ...
... given . If x and y differ in value , explain why ( x − y ) 2 = ( y — x ) 2 . Shew how the rule of signs stated above leads to the introduction of imaginary quantities in Algebra . Tod . Alg . , Arts . 354 , 355 . by 2. Multiply ( 1 + x ...
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... given equations , we obtain the identity required . 8. A bill of £ 63 . 5s . was paid in sovereigns and half - crowns , and the number of coins used in the payment was 100. How many sovereigns were used , and how many half - crowns ...
... given equations , we obtain the identity required . 8. A bill of £ 63 . 5s . was paid in sovereigns and half - crowns , and the number of coins used in the payment was 100. How many sovereigns were used , and how many half - crowns ...
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... TO 1P.M. 1. To make a triangle of which the sides shall be equal to three given straight lines , but any two whatever of these must be greater than the third . How would the process fail if the last condition were 10 EUCLID . Euclid.
... TO 1P.M. 1. To make a triangle of which the sides shall be equal to three given straight lines , but any two whatever of these must be greater than the third . How would the process fail if the last condition were 10 EUCLID . Euclid.
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... given were together less than the third , the two circles described would not intersect , and therefore the ... given multiple of a given square . Let it be required to find a straight line , the square on which shall be any multiple of ...
... given were together less than the third , the two circles described would not intersect , and therefore the ... given multiple of a given square . Let it be required to find a straight line , the square on which shall be any multiple of ...
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... given straight line AB find a point O , such that the rectangle contained by the segments 40 and OB shall be equal to a given rectangle not greater than the square on half of AB . Take a straight line C ( fig . 3 ) , such that the ...
... given straight line AB find a point O , such that the rectangle contained by the segments 40 and OB shall be equal to a given rectangle not greater than the square on half of AB . Take a straight line C ( fig . 3 ) , such that the ...
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Page 55 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 71 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts, the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square on the line between the points of section, is equal to the square on half the line.
Page 11 - ... shall be equal to three given straight lines, but any two whatever of these must be greater than the third.
Page 12 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.
Page 13 - The angle at the centre of a circle is double of the angle at the circumference upon the same base, that is, upon the same part of the circumference.
Page 15 - Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides.
Page 13 - BAC is cut off from the given circle ABC containing an angle equal to the given angle D : Which was to be done. PROP. XXXV. THEOR. If two straight lines within a circle cut one another, the rectangle contained by the segments of one of them is equal to the rectangle contained by the segments of the other.
Page 62 - In every triangle, the square of the side subtending either of the acute angles, is less than the squares of the sides containing that angle, by twice the rectangle contained by either of these sides, and the straight line intercepted between the acute angle and the perpendicular let fall upon it from the opposite angle.
Page 13 - PROP. X. THEOR. IF a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point, the square of the whole line thus produced, and the square of the part of it produced, are together double of the square of half the line bisected, and of the square of the line made up of the half and the part produced.
Page 70 - And because the angle ABC is equal to the angle BCD, and the angle CBD to the angle ACB, therefore the whole angle ABD is equal to the whole angle ACD • (ax.