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 226
f a tower on the fourth corner, that theladder will reach is V8852— (j =40^% or 56.5668+ ft. PROBLEM 419. A rectangular field is 64 rd. long and 50 rd. wide: if from the mid-dle of either side we set out a right line to its opposite, where must itintersect in order to cut the field inthe ratio of 1… … 212 FAIRCHILDS SOLUTION BOOK. (4) The area of the field is 64X50, or 3200 sq. id. (5) APED=£ of the field, and PBCF=| of the field. (6) The triangle EPF=|—J=* of the field, or \of 3200 sq. rd.=533jsq. rd. (7) Since DA=50 rd., EF=(533£X2)-^50=21£rd. (8) EC=32 rd., half the side. (9) FC=CE=FE =…
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