 | Brian Lasater - 2008 - 600 sider
...is a variation on (a + b)(a - b) = a2 -- b2. Theorem 7 (II, 11) To cut a given straight line so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts is equal to the square of the other. Let the given line be AB. The problem is to find a point H on it so that AB x... | |
 | Euclid - 452 sider
...construction of this triangle depends upon u. n, or the problem of dividing a straight line so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts is equal to the square on the other part. This problem of course appears again in Eucl. vi. 30 as the problem of cutting... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1861 - 588 sider
...perpendicular let fall upon it from the opposite angle and the angle aforesaid. 7. If a straight lino be divided into any two parts the rectangle contained by the whole line and one of the parts together with the square of the other part is equal to the rectangle contained... | |
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If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, is equal to the rectangle contained by the two parts, together with the square of the aforesaid part. 
