Elementary Synthetic Geometry of the Point, Line and Circle in the Plane |
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... A similar nomenclature applies to other geometric ele- ments . The statement that a point or line lies in a plane does not give it , but a point or line placed in the plane for future reference is considered as being given . Such a point ...
... A similar nomenclature applies to other geometric ele- ments . The statement that a point or line lies in a plane does not give it , but a point or line placed in the plane for future reference is considered as being given . Such a point ...
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... a given point only one line can pass in a given direction . Let A be the given point , and let the segment AP mark the given direction . Then , of all the lines P Р A that can pass through the point A , only one can have the direction ...
... a given point only one line can pass in a given direction . Let A be the given point , and let the segment AP mark the given direction . Then , of all the lines P Р A that can pass through the point A , only one can have the direction ...
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... a straight finite line has its end - points further apart than a curved line of equal length . Or , a less length of line will reach from one given point to another when the line is straight than when it is curved . Def . — The distance ...
... a straight finite line has its end - points further apart than a curved line of equal length . Or , a less length of line will reach from one given point to another when the line is straight than when it is curved . Def . — The distance ...
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... a right angle , and less than two right angles . 41 ° . From ( 36 ° ) we have I circumangle = 2 straight angles = 4 right angles . In estimating an angle numerically it may be expressed in any one of the given units . If a right angle ...
... a right angle , and less than two right angles . 41 ° . From ( 36 ° ) we have I circumangle = 2 straight angles = 4 right angles . In estimating an angle numerically it may be expressed in any one of the given units . If a right angle ...
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Nathan Fellowes Dupuis. seconds and six - sevenths of a second . This is denoted as follows : - 51 ° 25 ′ 42 ′′ . 42 ° . Theorem . - Through a given point in a line only one perpendicular can be drawn to the line . The line OC is 1 AB ...
Nathan Fellowes Dupuis. seconds and six - sevenths of a second . This is denoted as follows : - 51 ° 25 ′ 42 ′′ . 42 ° . Theorem . - Through a given point in a line only one perpendicular can be drawn to the line . The line OC is 1 AB ...
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ABCD Algebra altitude becomes bisects c.p.-circles centre of similitude chord of contact circles touch circumcircle co-axal coincide collinear concurrent concurrent lines concyclic congruent cut the circle denote diagonals diameter divided double points end-points equal angles equianharmonic equilateral triangle excircles external bisector fixed point geometric given circles given line given point harmonic range Hence hexagram homographic homologous hypothenuse incircle internal angles inverse points isosceles joins LAOB line-segment locus median middle point nine-points circle opposite sides orthogonally pair parallel parallelogram passes pencil perpendicular perspective plane point of contact point of intersection polar reciprocal Proof quadrangle radical axis radical centre radii radius rectangle rectilinear figure regular polygon rhombus right angle right bisector rotation secant similar Similarly square straight angle symbol tangent tensor theorem Theorem.-The three circles transversal vertex vertices