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 231
FIG. mi. 216 FAIRCHILDS SOLUTION BOOK. Solution. (1) Produce one side AB, till BE is equal to the shorterside of the rectangleABCD, or CB. (2) On A E as a diameter de- scribe a circle meetingBC produced at F. (3) Then will BE be the side of the square BFGH, equal to the given rectangle DB, as… … FIG. 102. PROBLEM 429. On a rectangular lot whose sides are 39 ft. and 49 ft., a house isbuilt, covering- 999 sq. ft.; the house is so located and of such a shape,that the lot surrounding- the house is of uniform width: find the basaldimensions of the house. [Helfrich.) Solution. (i) (2)(3)
Arithmetic · Geometry
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