Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: With Practical ApplicationsR.S. Davis & Company, 1869 - 382 pages |
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... RIGHT - ANGLED TRIANGLE is one which has a right angle ; as the triangle J K L. J E F G H I L K The side opposite to the right angle is called the hy- pothenuse ; as the side J L. 24. An ACUTE - ANGLED TRIANGLE is one which has three acute ...
... RIGHT - ANGLED TRIANGLE is one which has a right angle ; as the triangle J K L. J E F G H I L K The side opposite to the right angle is called the hy- pothenuse ; as the side J L. 24. An ACUTE - ANGLED TRIANGLE is one which has three acute ...
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... right - angled triangle the hypothe- nuse is the longest side . PROPOSITION XI . - THEOREM . 67. The greater angle of any triangle is opposite the greater side . In the triangle CA B , suppose the A side A B to be greater than AC ; then ...
... right - angled triangle the hypothe- nuse is the longest side . PROPOSITION XI . - THEOREM . 67. The greater angle of any triangle is opposite the greater side . In the triangle CA B , suppose the A side A B to be greater than AC ; then ...
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... triangles equal to each other , the equal angles are opposite the equal sides ; thus the equal angles A and D are opposite the equal sides B C and EF . PROPOSITION XIX . - THEOREM . 82. If two right - angled triangles have the ...
... triangles equal to each other , the equal angles are opposite the equal sides ; thus the equal angles A and D are opposite the equal sides B C and EF . PROPOSITION XIX . - THEOREM . 82. If two right - angled triangles have the ...
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... right angles . 97. Cor . 2. If two angles in one triangle be respective- ly equal to two angles in another , their third angles will also be equal . 98. Cor . 3. A triangle cannot have more than one an- gle as great as a right angle ...
... right angles . 97. Cor . 2. If two angles in one triangle be respective- ly equal to two angles in another , their third angles will also be equal . 98. Cor . 3. A triangle cannot have more than one an- gle as great as a right angle ...
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... right - angled triangle CAF , CDG , the hypothenuses CA , CD are equal ; and the side A F , the half of A B , is equal to the side D G , the half of DE ; therefore the triangles are equal , and CF is equal to CG ( Prop . XIX . Bk . I ...
... right - angled triangle CAF , CDG , the hypothenuses CA , CD are equal ; and the side A F , the half of A B , is equal to the side D G , the half of DE ; therefore the triangles are equal , and CF is equal to CG ( Prop . XIX . Bk . I ...
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Page 37 - 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 103 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and also one side of the one equal to the corresponding side of the other, the triangles are congruent.
Page 95 - Each side of a spherical triangle is less than the sum of the other two sides.
Page 172 - If two planes are perpendicular to each other, a straight line drawn in one of them, perpendicular to their common section, will be perpendicular to the other plane.
Page 121 - Through a given point to draw a straight line parallel to a given straight line, Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line : it is required to draw through the point A a straight line parallel to BC.
Page 272 - ALSO THE AREA OF THE TRIANGLE FORMED BY THE CHORD OF THE SEGMENT AND THE RADII OF THE SECTOR. THEN...
Page 33 - C' (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) 112. In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 19 - In an isosceles triangle, the angles opposite the equal sides are equal.
Page 94 - In any quadrilateral the sum of the squares of the sides is equivalent to the sum of the squares of the diagonals, plus four times the square of the straight line that joins the middle points of the diagonals.
Page 102 - The areas of two triangles which have an angle of the one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the equal angles. A D A' Hyp. In triangles ABC and A'B'C', To prove AABC A A'B'C' A'B' x A'C ' Proof. Draw the altitudes BD and B'D'.