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ABCD altitude angles are equal bisect bisector chord circumference circumscribed cone construct a triangle cylinder diagonals diagram for Prop diameter diedral angles divide draw drawn equiangular equiangular polygon equilateral triangle equivalent exterior angle face angles find a point Find the area Find the radius Find the volume frustum given circle given line given point given triangle Hence HINT homologous hypotenuse inches inscribed intersecting isosceles triangle joining the midpoints lateral area lateral edges line joining mean proportional median opposite sides parallel lines parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane MN point equidistant polyedral angle polyedron PROPOSITION prove Proof quadrilateral radii ratio rectangle regular polygon respectively equal rhombus right angles right triangle SCHOLIUM segments sphere spherical polygon spherical triangle square straight angle straight line surface tangent THEOREM trapezoid triangle ABC triangle are equal triedral vertex Нур
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Page 148 - If, from a point without a circle, a tangent and a secant be drawn, the tangent is the mean proportional between the secant and its external segment.
Page 43 - If two triangles have two sides of one equal respectively to two sides of the other, but the included angle of the first triangle greater than the included angle of the second, then the third side of the first is greater than the third side of the second.
Page 207 - The area of a regular polygon is equal to onehalf the product of its apothem and perimeter.
Page 31 - The median to the base of an isosceles triangle is perpendicular to the base.
Page 178 - 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.
Page 303 - A cylinder is a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes ; the bases of a cylinder are the parallel planes; and the lateral surface is the cylindrical surface.
Page 335 - A spherical polygon is a portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by three or more arcs of great circles. The bounding arcs are the sides of the polygon ; the...
Page 69 - The midpoints of two opposite sides of a quadrilateral and the midpoints of the diagonals determine the vertices of a parallelogram. * Ex.
Page 125 - If a line parallel to one side of a triangle intersects the other two sides, either side is to one of its segments as the other side is to its corresponding segment. For AD:DB = AE : EC.
Page 141 - Two polygons are similar if they are composed of the same number of triangles, similar each to each, and similarly placed. ED Hyp. In the polygons ABCDE and A'B'C'D'E', A ABE ~ A A'B'E', A BCE ~ A B'C'E', A CDE ~ A C'D'E'.