The First Six Books of the Elements of EuclidEuclid
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The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid
Euclid
Euclid's Elements; Mathematics, Greek
57. A transversal being drawn cutting the sides of a triangle, the lines from the angles of the
triangle to the middle points of the segments of the transversal intercepted by those angles meet the
opposite sides in collinear points.
58. If lines be drawn from any point P to the angles of a triangle, the perpendiculars at P to
these lines meet the opposite sides of the triangle in three collinear points.
59. Divide a given semicircle into two parts by a perpendicular to the diameter, so that the radii
of the circles inscribed in them may have a given ratio.
60. From a point within a triangle perpendiculars are let fall on the sides; find the locus of the
point, when the sum of the squares of the lines joining the feet of the perpendiculars is
given.
61. If a circle make given intercepts on two fixed lines, the rectangle contained by
the perpendiculars from its centre on the bisectors of the angle formed by the lines is
given.
62. If the base and the difference of the base angles of a triangle be given, the rectangle
contained by the perpendiculars from the vertex on two lines through the middle point of the base,
parallel to the internal and external bisectors of the vertical angle, is constant.
63. The rectangle contained by the perpendiculars from the extremities of the base of a
triangle, on the internal bisector of the vertical angle, is equal to the rectangle contained by
the external bisector and the perpendicular from the middle of the base on the internal
bisector.
64. State and prove the corresponding theorem for perpendiculars on the external
bisector.
65. If R, R′ denote the radii of the circles inscribed in the triangles into which a right-angled
triangle is divided by the perpendicular from the right angle on the hypotenuse; then, if c be the
hypotenuse, and s the semiperimeter, R2 + R′2 = (s − c)2.
66. If A, B, C, D be four collinear points, find a point O in the same line with them such that
OA.OD = OB.OC.
67. The four sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are given; construct it.
68. Being given two circles, find the locus of a point such that tangents from it to the circles
may have a given ratio.
69. If four points A, B, C, D be collinear, find the locus of the point P at which AB and CD
subtend equal angles.
70. If a circle touch internally two sides, CA, CB, of a triangle and its circumscribed circle, the
distance from C to the point of contact on either side is a fourth proportional to the semiperimeter,
and CA, CB.
71. State and prove the corresponding theorem for a circle touching the circumscribed circle
externally and two sides produced.
72. Pascal’s Theorem.—If the opposite sides of an irregular hexagon ABCDEF
inscribed in a circle be produced till they meet, the three points of intersection G, H, I are
collinear.
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