March 28, 1848. To Cut A Given Line sothat a SauARE formed on theGeeateb Pakt shall have Twice the Area of theSauARE FORMED ON THE Lesser.—Construction: Letthe given line be a b ; construct the right angle a b c;make b c equal in height to the length of a b ; bisect theangle a c b from c; through… … draw the line c F D, and it will cut the line in the pointrequired. Another construction : With c as centre, andradius c b, describe the arc b e ; then wUl a e be the sideof the smaller square; hence the arithmetical demonstra-tion which is as follows—let the given line a b=10 andB c also=10,…
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