 | Francis Walkingame - 1832 - 224 pages
...perpendicular is the length of the base. The Bate and Hypothenate given tollnd the Perpendicular. KUI.E. The square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse and base is the height of the perpendicular. NB The two last Quettiont may be varied for Examples to At... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1834 - 370 pages
...perpendicular add the square of the base, and the square root of the sum will give the hypothenuse. II. The square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse and either side, will give the other. Or multiply the sum of the hypothenuse and either side, by their... | |
 | Education - 1835 - 496 pages
...ladder. Am. 40 feet. The hypothenuse and base being given to find the perpendicular. RULE. — Extract the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse and base, and the said root will be the height of the perpendicular. 46. If the walls of a town be surrounded... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1835 - 270 pages
...the moat to the top of the wall ? RULE x. The Hypothenuse and Perpendicular given, to find the Base. The square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse and perpendicular, is the length of the base, EXAMPLES. (34) A ladder 75 yards long, will reach the top... | |
 | Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - Measurement - 1837 - 290 pages
...perpendicular add the square of the base, and the square root of the sum will give the hypothenuse. II. The square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse, and either side will give the other. III. Or multiply the sum of the hypothenuse and either side, by their... | |
 | John Hind - Arithmetic - 1840 - 252 pages
...root of the sum of the squares of the sides forming the right angle is equal to the Hypothenuse : and the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse and either side is equal to the other side. (2) Circle. The circumference is equal to the product of twice... | |
 | W. H. Crank - Arithmetic - 1843 - 338 pages
...hypothenuse. Ans. 12-5. CASE 2. When the Perpendicular and Hypothenuse are given, to find the Base, RULE. — The square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse and perpendicular is the length of the base. Ex. — 1. The hypothenuse is 50, and the perpendicular 40.... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 710 pages
...of the two other sides of the triangle. 8. In every right-angled triangle, either side is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse and other side. , Q. What is a triangle? What are the angles of a triangle? How many angles in a triangle... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 300 pages
...squares of the two other sides of the triang 3. In every right-angled triangle, either side is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse and other side. Q. What is a triangle 1 What are the angles of a triangle ? How many angles in a triangle... | |
 | John EWART (Land Surveyor.) - 1847 - 108 pages
...of the squares of the other sides ; and either of the sides containing the right angle is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypothenuse and the other side. Then, to find the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle from the other sides being given,... | |
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The hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle may be found by having the other two sides ; thus, the square root of the sum of the squares of the base and perpendicular, will be the hypothenuse. Cor. 2. Having the hypothenuse and one side given to find the... 
