| Euclides - 1865 - 402 pages
...be described upon a given straight line similar to one given, and so on. QEF PROP. XIX.— THEOBEM. Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides. (References— Prop. v. 11, 16, def. 12; vi. 1, 11, 15.) Let ABC, DEF be similar triangles, having... | |
| McGill University - 1865 - 332 pages
...proportion, and show that it agrees with Euclid's. 9. Find a third proportional to two given lines. 10. Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides. 11. If 3 men can mow 7 acres of grass in 5 days of 9 hours each, in how many days of 8 hours each will... | |
| Robert Potts - 1865 - 528 pages
...described upon a given straight line similar to one given, and so on. QEF PROPOSITION XIX. THEOREM. Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides. Let ABC, DEF be similar triangles, having the angle B equal to the angle E, and let AB bo to BC, as... | |
| Thomas Baker (C.E.) - 1865 - 174 pages
...greatest angle : theorem, 17 ; any two angles being Rven, the, becomes known : theorem, ' ; similar, are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides: theorem, 17. Triangular prism, definition of, 52. Triangular fields, method of surveying with chain... | |
| John Playfair - Geometry - 1855 - 350 pages
...similarly described triangle upon the second. BC EF : EF AB BC : DE AB DE : BC BC EF : EF AB DE : EF PROP. XX. THEOR. Similar polygons may be divided into the same number of similar triangles, ing the same ratio to one another that the polygons have ; and the polygon* have to one another the... | |
| James Robert Christie - Mathematics - 1866 - 428 pages
...together with the segmenta of the former will be equal to the square of the radius of the circle. i 3. Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides. 4. If two straight lines be at right angles to the same plane, they shall be parallel to one another.... | |
| Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1867 - 426 pages
...Of similar triangles, having the same ratio to one another that the polygons have; and the polygons are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides. Let ABCDE, FGHKL be similar polygons, and let AB be the side homologous to the side FG : the polygons... | |
| Robert Potts - 1868 - 434 pages
...described upon a given straight line similar to one given, and so on. QEF PROPOSITION XIX. THEOREM. Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides. Let ABC, DEF be similar triangles, having the angle B equal to the angle E, and let AB be to BC, as... | |
| Schools inquiry commission - Education - 1868 - 532 pages
...inscribed in a circle is equal to the interior and opposite. 7. Describe a circle about a given square. 8. Similar triangles are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides. XIX. (Two hours.) Maximum. 1. Translate into French : — Two worthy peasants went together to find... | |
| Euclid - Geometry - 1872 - 284 pages
...AEDCB) may be divided inl» similar triangles, equal in number, and homologous to all. Ana the polygons are to one another in the duplicate ratio of their homologous sides. PART 1. — Because in the triangles FGI and AED, the angles G and E are ' equal, and the sides about... | |
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