A complete and practical solution book for the common school teacher (1899)
Fairchild, J[ohn] T[heodore] [from old catalog] · Crawfis College, Ohio, The author · leaf 162
es? Solution. (1) Let ABC be the triangle, and AG the square ofthe hypothenuse, ASthe square of the alti-tude, and AK the .squareof the base. (2) The rectangles nn and AX, etc., are equal. (3) The two rectangles nn and the three squaresaaa = the square onthe base. (4) The square of the base — nn! =… … FIG. 18. 148 FAIRCHILDS SOLUTION BOOK. (6) Then by Fig. 19, let WZ be a straight line equal to thedifference of the sides ofthe rectangle k. (7) Upon WZ as a diameter de- scribe a circle, and at theextremity of the diameterdraw the tangent WF equalto the side of a square hav-ing the same area as…
Arithmetic · Geometry
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