the segment of a circle EGF containing an angle equal to the given angle BAC, draw GH bisecting EF at right angles, and join EG, GF: then, since the angle EGF is equal to the angle BAC, and that EGF is an isosceles triangle, and ABC is not, the angle FEG is not equal to the angle CBA: draw EL making the angle FEL equal to the angle CBA; join FL, and draw LM perpendicular to EF; then, because the triangles ELF, BAC are equiangular, as also are the triangles MLE, DAB, as ML to LE, so is DA to AB; and as LE to EF, so is AB to BC; wherefore, ex æquali, as LM to EF, so is AD to BC; and because the ratio of AD to BC is given, therefore the ratio b 2. dat. of LM to EF is given; and EF is given, wherefore LM also is given. Complete the parallelogram LMFK; and because LM is given, FK is given in magnitude; it is also given in position, and the point F is given, and consequently the point K; and because through K the straight line KL is drawn parallel to EF which is given in position, therefored KL is given in position: c 30. dat. d 31. dat. BRD C G N E OHM F e 28. dat. f 29. dat. g 42. dat. and the circumference ELF is given in position; therefore the point L is given. And because the points L, E, F, are given, the straight lines LE, EF, FL, are givenf in magnitude; therefore the triangle LEF is give in species; and the triangle ABC is similar to LEF, wherefore also ABC is given in species. Because LM is less than GH, the ratio of LM to EF, that is, the given ratio of AD to BC, must be less than the ratio of GH to EF, which the straight line, in a segment of a circle containing an angle equal to the given angle, that bisects the base of the segment at right angles, has unto the base. COR. 1. If two triangles, ABC, LEF have one angle BAC equal to one angle ELF, and if the perpendicular AD be to the base BC, as the perpendicular LM to the base EF, the triangles ABC, LEF are similar. Describe the circle EGF about the triangle ELF, and draw LN parallel to EF, join EN, NF, and draw NO perpendicular to EF; because the angles ENF, ELF are equal, and that the angle EFN is equal to the alternate angle FNL, that is, to COR. 2. If a triangle ABC have a given angle BAC, and if the straight line AR drawn from the given angle to the opposite side BC, in a given angle ARC, have a given ratio to BC, the triangle ABC is given in species. Draw AD perpendicular to BC; therefore the triangle ARD is given in species; wherefore the ratio of AD to AR is given: and the ratio of AR to BC is given, and consequentlyh the ratio h 9. dat. of AD to BC is given; and the triangle ABC is therefore given in species i. i77. dat. COR. 3. If two triangles ABC, LEF have one angle BAC equal to one angle ELF, and if straight lines drawn from these angles to the bases, making with them given and equal angles, have the same ratio to the bases, each to each; then the triangles are similar; for having drawn perpendiculars to the bases from the equal angles, as one perpendicular is to its base, so is the other to its basek; wherefore, by Cor. 1, the triangles are k similar. A triangle similar to ABC may be found thus: having described the segment EGF, and drawn the straight line GH, as was directed in the proposition, find FK, which has to EF the given ratio of AD to BC; and place FK at right angles to EF from the point F; then because, as has been shown, the ratio of AD to BC, that is of FK to EF, must be less than the ratio of GH to EF; therefore FK is less than GH; and consequently the parallel to EF, drawn through the point K, must meet the circumference of the segment in two points: let L be either of them, and join EL, LF, and draw LM perpendicular to EF: then, because the angle BAC is equal to the angle ELF, and that AD is to BC, as KF, that is LM, to EF, the triangle ABC is similar to the triangle LEF, by Cor. 1. $4.6. 22. 5. PROP. LXXVIII. IF a triangle have one angle given, and if the ratio of the rectangle of the sides which contain the given angle to the square of the third side be given, the triangle is given in species. Let the triangle ABC have the given angle BAC, and let the ratio of the rectangle BA, AC to the square of BC be given; the triangle ABC is given in species. From the point A, draw AD perpendicular to BC, the rectangle AD, BC has a given ratio to its halfa, the triangle ABC; and because the angle BAC is given, the ratio of the triangle ABC to the rectangle BA, AC is given b; and by the hypothesis, the ratio of the rectangle BA, AC to the square of BC is given; therefore the ratio of the rectangle AD, BC to the square of BC, that is, the ratio of the straight line AD to BC is given; wherefore the triangle ABC is given in speciese. A triangle similar to ABC may be found thus: take a straight line EF given in position and magnitude, and make the angle FEG equal to the given angle BAC, and draw FH perpendicular to EG, and BK perpendicular to AC; therefore the triangles ABK, EFH are similar, and the rect- A M O that is, as FH to FE. Let BD N angle BA, AC to the square of BC be the same with the ratio of the straight line EF to FL; therefore, ex æquali, the ratio of the rectangle AD, BC to the square of BC, that is, the ratio of the straight line AD to BC, is the same with the ratio of HF to FL; and because AD is not greater than the straight line MN in the segment of the circle described about the triangle ABC, which bisects BC at right angles; the ratio of AD to BC, that is, of HF to FL, must not be greater than the ratio of MN to BC: · let it be so, and, by the 77th dat. find a triangle OPQ which has one of its angles POQ equal to the given angle BAC, and the ratio of the perpendicular OR, drawn from that angle to the base PQ the same with the ratio of HF to FL; then the triangle ABC is similar to OPQ: because, as has been shown, the ratio of AD to BC is the same with the ratio of (HF to FL, that is, by the construc tion, with the ratio of) OR to PQ; and the angle BAC is equal to the angle POQ; therefore the triangle ABC is similar ff1. Cor. to the triangle POQ. Otherwise, Let the triangle ABC have the given angle BAC, and let the ratio of the rectangle BA, AC to the square of BC be given; the triangle ABC is given in species. Because the angle BAC is given, the excess of the square of both the sides BA, AC together above the square of the 77. dat. third side BC has a given a ratio to the triangle ABC. Let the a 76. dat. figure D be equal to this excess; therefore the ratio of D to the triangle ABC is given: and the ratio of the triangle ABC to the rectangle BA, AC is given ↳, because BAC is a given b Cor. 62. angle; and the rectangle BA, AC has A C dat. is given; but D together with the square of BC is equal to the square of both BA and AC together; therefore the ratio of the square of BA, AC together to the square of BC is given; and the ratio of BA, AC together to BC is therefore given e; and the e 59. dat. angle BAC is given, wherefore the triangle ABC is given in f48. dat. species. The composition of this, which depends upon those of the 76th and 48th propositions, is more complex than the preceding composition, which depends upon that of prop. 77, which is easy. IF a triangle have a given angle, and if the straight See Note. line drawn from that angle to the base, making a given angle with it, divide the base into segments which have a given ratio to one another; the triangle is given in species. Let the triangle ABC have the given angle BAC, and let the straight line AD drawn to the base BC making the given angle ADB, divide BC into the segments BD, DC which have 19. 5. g 6. 2. EA be placed in EB towards B, the point F divides the base 3 K L R S h 6. 6. ML, so is ML to MH, and ++ M P the triangle LGM ish there- And whether this ratio of GM to ML be greater or less than the ratio of the sides of any other triangle upon the base GH, and of which the altitude is equal to the straight line K, |