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. 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) … Let ABCD represent the rectangular lot and SK the house.Divide the lot into four equal parts as represented in Fig. 103, and arrange these four figures as shown in Fig. 104, which makes the square HN.PC=24| ft., and CR = 19£ ft. (4) Then, the side of the square HN = 19^4-24^=44 ft. (5) The area of…
Arithmetic · Geometry
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