 | Daniel Cresswell - 1825 - 616 sider
...produced, shall be to the square of the part produced, in a given ratio. VIII. PR. To divide a given finite straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle, contained by the whole line, and the difference of those two parts, shall be in a given ratio to the square of the less of... | |
 | Robert Simson - 1827 - 546 sider
...equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide .it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by...parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. Upon AB describe* the square ABDC; bisect* AC in E, ahd join BE : produce CA to F, and make* EF equal... | |
 | Miles Bland - 1827 - 462 sider
...contained by the whole line produced and the part produced may be equal to a given square. 9. To divide a straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts may be equal to the square of a given line, which is less than the line to be divided. 10. To divide... | |
 | John Playfair - 1832 - 358 sider
...equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the_parts, sha'l be equal to the square of the other part. Upon AB describe (40. 1.) the square ABDC;... | |
 | Euclid - 1835 - 540 sider
...equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by...parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. e 47. 1. Upon AB describe » the square ABDC ; bisect5 AC in E, Book ir. and join BE ; produce CA to... | |
 | John Playfair - 1836 - 148 sider
...equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line : it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by...parts shall be equal to the square of the other part. Upon AB describe (16. 2.) the square ABDC; bisect (8. 1.) AC in E, and join BE ; produce CA to F, and... | |
 | Euclides - 1837 - 112 sider
...= AC* + CE* + EF! + FG", and that these = 2 AC* + 2 CD!. H PROPOSITION XI. E ._ Problem. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the...and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of c KT~i the other part. Steps of the Demonstration. 1. Prove that CF x FA + AE* = EF*, and that this... | |
 | Euclid, James Thomson - 1837 - 410 sider
...are equal. Then c B (II. 9.) HB2 + BD*, or AD2 + BD2= 5-a ' — 2CD2+2AC2.* PROP. XI. PROB. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the...rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line ; it is required to... | |
 | Euclides - 1838 - 264 sider
...equal to the square of the other part. Let AB be the given straight line: it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by...parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part. From the point A draw* AC perpendicular and *" o™4 3' equal to AB ; bisect* AC in E, and join B,... | |
 | John D. Williams - 1840 - 634 sider
...required to divide a line of 20 inches in length, into two such parts that the rectangle of the whple and one- of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other. Let one part — x ; then the other will be 20 — x. And by the question 20(20 — х)=з?, or ^+20^=400... | |
| |
To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part. 
