Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: With Practical ApplicationsR.S. Davis & Company, 1869 - 382 pages |
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... similar , it may be shown that the fourth term of the proportion cannot be less than AD ; therefore it must be AD ; hence we have , Angle ACB : angle A CD :: arc A B : arc AD . 198. Scholium 1. Since the angle at the centre of a circle ...
... similar , it may be shown that the fourth term of the proportion cannot be less than AD ; therefore it must be AD ; hence we have , Angle ACB : angle A CD :: arc A B : arc AD . 198. Scholium 1. Since the angle at the centre of a circle ...
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... SIMILAR FIGURES are such as have the angles of the one equal to those of the other , each to each , and the sides containing the equal angles proportional . 211. EQUIVALENT FIGURES are such as have equal areas . Figures may be ...
... SIMILAR FIGURES are such as have the angles of the one equal to those of the other , each to each , and the sides containing the equal angles proportional . 211. EQUIVALENT FIGURES are such as have equal areas . Figures may be ...
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... similar to the arc FG ; the segment BDC E A to the segment FHG , and the sector ABC to the B sector EFG . C F G D H A 214. The ALTITUDE OF A TRIANGLE is the perpendicular , which measures the distance of any one of its vertices from the ...
... similar to the arc FG ; the segment BDC E A to the segment FHG , and the sector ABC to the B sector EFG . C F G D H A 214. The ALTITUDE OF A TRIANGLE is the perpendicular , which measures the distance of any one of its vertices from the ...
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... similar . Let the two triangles ABC , DCE be equiangular ; the angle BAC being equal to the angle CDE , the angle A B C to the angle DCE , and the angle ACB to the angle DE C , then the homologous sides will be B proportional , and we ...
... similar . Let the two triangles ABC , DCE be equiangular ; the angle BAC being equal to the angle CDE , the angle A B C to the angle DCE , and the angle ACB to the angle DE C , then the homologous sides will be B proportional , and we ...
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... similar ; since the third angles will also be equal , and the two tri- angles be equiangular . 261. Scholium . In similar triangles , the homologous sides are opposite to the equal angles ; thus the angle A C B being equal to D E C ...
... similar ; since the third angles will also be equal , and the two tri- angles be equiangular . 261. Scholium . In similar triangles , the homologous sides are opposite to the equal angles ; thus the angle A C B being equal to D E C ...
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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'.