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 222
ividing by its breadth, or XT = SF =1224^-6 = 204 ft. .*. The machine is 204 ft. from the southeast corner ofFGHE. Note.—The latter part of the problem has reference to the squareEFGH. PROBLEM 410. Through a mans farm of 1000 acres, lying- in the form of a square,runs a railroad in a straight line… … !/(1000X 160x2) =565.68551 rd., or9333.81091 ft. EAF and HGC are isos-celes triangles. HC=CG=AF=EA=50ft. (5) If we take a rectangle 100 ft wide and 9333.81091 ft. long, we have the area of the rail road+ 4 smal isosceles right triangles. (6) The area of all is 502X2=5000 sq. ft. (7)…
Arithmetic · Geometry
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