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Geometrical Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

G. E. Crawford
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Let OQ, OR be two straight lines meeting at 0, and P any point. Required to draw through P a straight line cutting off a given area OAB from the two straight lines.

Draw PD parallel to OR cutting OQ in D.

Construct a ΔOPC equal to the given area, and such that OP is one of its sides, and that another of its sides, OC, lies along OQ.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 13 , February 1894 , pp. 36
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1894