The Solutions of the Geometrical Problems: Consisting Chiefly of Examples in Plane Co-ordinate Geometry, Proposed at St. John's College, Cambridge, from Dec. 1830 to Dec. 1846. With an Appendix, Containing Several General Properties of Curves of the Second Order, and the Determination of the Magnitude and Position of the Axes of the Conic Section Represented by the General Equation of the Second Degree |
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... remaining angular point in the side BC ; then ba + ca will be least when 4 Cab 4 Bac . ( POTTS ' EUCLID , p . 293. ) L = Now if a be the angular point properly determined , and b the angular point in the side AC , then ac + cb is least ...
... remaining angular point in the side BC ; then ba + ca will be least when 4 Cab 4 Bac . ( POTTS ' EUCLID , p . 293. ) L = Now if a be the angular point properly determined , and b the angular point in the side AC , then ac + cb is least ...
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... remaining sides . - Ad + Dd + Bb + Cb , BC + DA ; sides is equal to the sum of 4. Let the parallelogram ABCD ( fig . 32 ) be described equal to the given rectilineal figure ; produce AB to 24 DEC . 1833 . GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS . NO . IV .
... remaining sides . - Ad + Dd + Bb + Cb , BC + DA ; sides is equal to the sum of 4. Let the parallelogram ABCD ( fig . 32 ) be described equal to the given rectilineal figure ; produce AB to 24 DEC . 1833 . GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS . NO . IV .
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... remaining diagonals of the parallelopiped . Now if AB = a , AD = b , △ BAD = a ; BD = d , AC = d ' , we have d2 a2 + b2 - 2 ab cos a , and d'2 = a2 + b2 + 2 ab cos a ; .. d2 + d12 = 2 ( a2 + b2 ) , or in any parallelogram , the sum of ...
... remaining diagonals of the parallelopiped . Now if AB = a , AD = b , △ BAD = a ; BD = d , AC = d ' , we have d2 a2 + b2 - 2 ab cos a , and d'2 = a2 + b2 + 2 ab cos a ; .. d2 + d12 = 2 ( a2 + b2 ) , or in any parallelogram , the sum of ...
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... remaining the same ; what will be the curve , the origin of co - ordinates being the centre ? 9 . Eliminate ( a ) between the equations y3 = a ( x − a ) ; y2 = ( a + d ) ( x − a − 8 ) . Explain the geometrical meaning of the result ...
... remaining the same ; what will be the curve , the origin of co - ordinates being the centre ? 9 . Eliminate ( a ) between the equations y3 = a ( x − a ) ; y2 = ( a + d ) ( x − a − 8 ) . Explain the geometrical meaning of the result ...
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... remaining sides shall be in a straight line . 2. If a solid angle be contained by three plane angles , any two of them are greater than the third . 3. If from any point in the diagonal of a parallelogram , straight lines be drawn to the ...
... remaining sides shall be in a straight line . 2. If a solid angle be contained by three plane angles , any two of them are greater than the third . 3. If from any point in the diagonal of a parallelogram , straight lines be drawn to the ...
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Page 54 - If two triangles which have two sides of the one proportional to two sides of the other, be joined at one angle, so as to have their homologous sides parallel to one another ; the remaining sides shall be in a straight line. Let ABC, DCE be two triangles which have the two sides BA, AC proportional to the two CD, DE, viz.
Page 117 - Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides.
Page 117 - IF from any point without a circle two straight lines be drawn, one of which cuts the circle, and the other touches it ; the rectangle contained by the whole line which cuts the circle, and the part of it without the circle,. shall be equal to the square of the line which touches it.
Page 96 - The rectangle contained by the diagonals of a quadrilateral ,figure inscribed in a circle, is equal to both the rectangles contained by i'ts opposite sides.
Page 16 - MAGNITUDES which have the same ratio to the same magnitude are equal to one another ; and those to which the same magnitude has the same ratio are equal to one another.
Page 28 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one part may be equal to the square on the other part*.
Page 28 - THEOREM. lf the first has to the second the same ratio which the third has to the fourth, but the third to the fourth, a greater ratio than the fifth has to the sixth ; the first shall also have to the second a greater ratio than the fifth, has to the sixth.
Page 10 - ... not in the same plane with the first two ; the first two and the other two shall contain equal angles.
Page 87 - The locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords in a parabola is called a diameter.