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PROM the greater of two given straight lines to cut Folfa para sequel to the rest 4. 2. I. EB Let AB and C be the two gi . ven straight lines , whereof AB ...
PROM the greater of two given straight lines to cut Folfa para sequel to the rest 4. 2. I. EB Let AB and C be the two gi . ven straight lines , whereof AB ...
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For , if AB be not equal to AC , one of them is greater than the other : Let AB be the greater , and from it cut a off DB c . a 3.
For , if AB be not equal to AC , one of them is greater than the other : Let AB be the greater , and from it cut a off DB c . a 3.
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I. CD are equal to one another , but the angle ECD is greater than the angle BCD ; wherefore the angle FDC is likewise greater than BCD ; much more then is ...
I. CD are equal to one another , but the angle ECD is greater than the angle BCD ; wherefore the angle FDC is likewise greater than BCD ; much more then is ...
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IF F one side of a triangle be produced , the exterior angle is greater than either of the interior opposite angles . Let ABC be a triangle , and let its ...
IF F one side of a triangle be produced , the exterior angle is greater than either of the interior opposite angles . Let ABC be a triangle , and let its ...
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THE OR THE HE greater side of every triangle is opposite to the greater angle . Let ABC be a triangle , of which the fide AC is greater than the side AB ...
THE OR THE HE greater side of every triangle is opposite to the greater angle . Let ABC be a triangle , of which the fide AC is greater than the side AB ...
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Page 462 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Page 160 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 81 - THE straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle, from the extremity of...
Page 105 - DEF are likewise equal (13. i.) to two right angles ; therefore the angles AKB, AMB are equal to the angles DEG, DEF, of which AKB is equal to DEG ; wherefore the remaining angle AMB is equal to the remaining angle DEF.
Page 157 - AC the same multiple of AD, that AB is of the part which is to be cut off from it : join BC, and draw DE parallel to it : then AE is the part required to be cut off.
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 62 - AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part.
Page 112 - To describe an equilateral and equiangular pentagon about a given circle. • Let ABCDE be the given circle; it is required to describe an equilateral and equiangular pentagon about the circle ABCDE. Let the angles of a pentagon, inscribed in the circle...
Page 190 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz. either the sides adjacent to the equal...
Page 38 - F, which is the common vertex of the triangles ; that is, together with four right angles. Therefore all the angles of the figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.