An elementary treatise on geometry : simplified for beginners not versed in algebra (1833)
Grund, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1805-1863 · Boston : Carter, Hendee & Co. · leaf 53
and AEC possible, containing the samethree things, and it would be doubtful which of the two triangleswas meant. QUERY XL If you have two sides, ab, be, of a triangle, abc, equalto two sides, AB, BC, of another triangle, ABC, each toeach; hut the angle ABC included by the two sides, AB,BC, in the… … A. Thcct the side ac, opposite to the smaller angle abc,in the triangle abc, is smaller than the side AC, oppositeto the greater angle ABC, in the triangle ABC. Q. How do you prove this ? A. By placing the triangle abc upon the triangleABC, with the side ab upon AB (its equal), the side bewill fall…
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