Hicks' builders' guide : comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders .. (1910)
Hicks, Isaac Perry, 1856- · New York : David Williams Company · leaf 41
e into six rightangled triangles of unequal areas. A D multiplied byhalf the altitude E F will give the area of trianglesI and 2, or A E D; then D C multiplied by half thealtitude A G will give the area of triangles 3 and 4,or D A C. Again A C multiplied by half the altitude THE BUILDERS GUIDE. 39… … Fig. 40.—A Hexagon. Fig. 41.—Finding the Areaof a Hexagon, draw the diagonals as shown in Fig. 41, which dividethe hexagon into equal triangles, the size of which isrepresented by A B C. Next draw the altitude of thistriangle, as shown by the dotted line B D. Now, A C
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