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... HYPOTENUSE of a right angled triangle is the side opposite the right angle . The other two sides are called the legs . The student will notice that some of the above prop- ositions are but different statements of the principles of ...
... HYPOTENUSE of a right angled triangle is the side opposite the right angle . The other two sides are called the legs . The student will notice that some of the above prop- ositions are but different statements of the principles of ...
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... hypotenuse are given ; IV . When the two legs are given . SIMILAR TRIANGLES . 302. Similar magnitudes have been defined ; to be those which have the same form while they differ in extent ( 37 ) . 303. Let the student bear in mind that ...
... hypotenuse are given ; IV . When the two legs are given . SIMILAR TRIANGLES . 302. Similar magnitudes have been defined ; to be those which have the same form while they differ in extent ( 37 ) . 303. Let the student bear in mind that ...
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... hypotenuse and the adjacent segment of the hypotenuse ; and , 3. The perpendicular is a mean proportional between the two segments of the hypotenuse . The triangles AEO and AEI have the angle A com- mon , and the angles AEI and AOE are ...
... hypotenuse and the adjacent segment of the hypotenuse ; and , 3. The perpendicular is a mean proportional between the two segments of the hypotenuse . The triangles AEO and AEI have the angle A com- mon , and the angles AEI and AOE are ...
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... hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the second powers of the lengths of the two legs of a right angled triangle . Let h be the hypotenuse , a the perpendicular let fall upon it , b and c the legs , and d and e the corresponding seg- ments ...
... hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the second powers of the lengths of the two legs of a right angled triangle . Let h be the hypotenuse , a the perpendicular let fall upon it , b and c the legs , and d and e the corresponding seg- ments ...
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... the given point and the nearest line . 8. The middle point of a hypotenuse is equally distant from the three vertices of a right angled triangle . 9. Given one angle , a side adjacent to it 116 ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY .
... the given point and the nearest line . 8. The middle point of a hypotenuse is equally distant from the three vertices of a right angled triangle . 9. Given one angle , a side adjacent to it 116 ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY .
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Page 98 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 182 - ... the plane at equal distances from the foot of the perpendicular, are equal...
Page 141 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle is equivalent to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 91 - Conversely, if two angles of a triangle are equal, the sides opposite them are also equal, and the triangle is isosceles.
Page 84 - If a circle have any number of equal chords, what is the locus of their points of bisection? 21. If any point, not the center, be taken in a diameter of a circle, of all the chords which can pass through that point, that one is the least which is at right angles to the diameter. 22. If from any point there extend two lines tangent to a circumference, the angle contained by the tangents is double the angle contained by the line joining the points of contact and the radius extending to one of them....
Page 117 - ABC, so that DE shall be equal to the difference of BD and CE. 22. In a given circle, to inscribe a triangle similar to a given triangle. 23. In a given circle, find the locus of the middle points of those chords which pass through a given point. 25. If a line bisects an exterior angle of a triangle, it divides the base produced into segments ^A which are proportional to the adjacent sides.
Page 307 - The sum of any two sides of a triangle is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the angles opposite to those sides, to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 237 - The volume of any prism is equal to the product of its base by its altitude. Let V denote the volume, B the base, and H the altitude of the prism DA'.
Page 233 - The volume of a rectangular parallelepiped is equal to the product of its three dimensions.
Page 126 - Theorem. — Two parallelograms are equal when two adjacent sides and the included angle in the one, are respectively equal to those parts in the other.