Practical plane and solid geometry for advanced students, including graphic statics, adapted to the requirements of the South Kensington syllabus (1899)
Harrison, Joseph, Baxandall, George Albert · London Macmillan · leaf 52
uare equal in area toa given polygon. Reduce the given polygon to an equivalent triangle(Prob. 30). Then apply Problem 32. 34. Problem.—To construct a rectangle equal in areato a given rectangle, and having one side equal to agiven line. Let ABCD be the given rectangle, and AF the givenside of the… … 35. Problem.—To divide a given polygon ABODE intoa number of equal areas by lines drawn from a given pointP in one side. Say into seven parts. As in Prob. 30, draw EF parallel to PA ; and DG,GH parallel to PC, PB, thus reducing the polygon to anequivalent triangle with vertex P and base FH. Divide…
