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 189
(12) CF=«+V=W- (13) CO=T/[(W) + (»)a]=ii/592=8.11035+. FIG. 50. 8 8 PROBLEM 364. In a triangular garden whose sides are a=300 ft., 6=250 ft., and£=200 ft., is a spring equally distant from each corner: how far is itfrom each corner? Solution. (1) Let BAC be the garden. (2) CA=300 ft., BC=250 ft..… … 248+.(5) Now as the triangles CBD,CB :CE::CD: CA. FIG. 51. CAE ate similar, we have MENSURATION. 175 (6) Substituting the values of CB, CD, CA in the above pro-portion, we find CE, the diameter of the circle = 302-|- ft. .-. BO, AO and CO = 151+. NoTB.—This problem was taken from the Teachers1…
Arithmetic · Geometry
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