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Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors and Intended to be the Text-book ... - Page 38
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A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying ...

Abel Flint - Surveying - 1804 - 226 pages
...8925X0.47076=4201 the double Area of the Triangle. PROBLEM X. To find the Area of a Trapezoid. RULE. Multiply half the Sum of the two parallel Sides by the perpendicular distance between them, or the Sum of the two parallel Sides by half the perpendicular distance ; the Product will be the Area....
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The American Tutor's Guide: Being a Compendium of Arithmetic. In Six Parts ...

James Thompson - Arithmetic - 1808 - 176 pages
...trafiezoid, or quadrangle, <u'o cf •whose opposite sides are parallel. RULE — Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between...and half the product •will be the area. EXAMPLES. 13. Required the area of a trapezoid whose parallel sidef »re 25 feel 6 inches, and 18 feet 9 inches,...
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A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying ...

Abel Flint - Surveying - 1808 - 190 pages
...the double Area of the Triangle. • PROBLEM X. To find the Area of a Trapezoid. RULE. Multiply half the Sum of the two parallel Sides by the perpendicular distance between them, or the sum of the two parallel Sides by half the perpendicular distance ; the Product will be the Area....
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The complete measurer: or, The whole art of measuring, containing the ...

Thomas Keith - 1817 - 306 pages
...acres. <• 2 roods 21 perches. PROBLEM VIII. • To find the Area of a Trapezoid. RULE *. Multiply half the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and the product will be the area. Example 1. Let AB c D JE. be a trapezoid, the side '-. A )•. — 23,...
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A Treatise on Practical Gauging

Anthony Nesbit, W. Little - Measurement - 1822 - 916 pages
...the grain? Ant. 97.3383 bushels. PROBLEM VII. To Jind the area of a trapezoid. RULE. • By the Pen. Multiply the sum of the two parallel sides by the...between them, and half the product will be the area in square inches. Divide this area by 2 82, 231, and 2150.42, and the respective quotients will be...
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A Treatise on Practical Mensuration in Eight Parts ...

Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...Ans. 1131^.2 in. 9 pa. PROBLEM VIII. To find the area of a Irapezoid. RULE. Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area. Or, half the sum of the sides multiplied by their distance will give the area. EXAMPLE. 1. What is...
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The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical ..., Volume 1

John Nicholson - Machinery - 1825 - 838 pages
...when the squre of AB has been subtracted. 63 I 189 3 1 189 Prot. 4. To find the Area ofaTrapezoid. Multiply the sum of the two parallel sides by the...between them, and half the product will be the area. Ex. In a trapezoid, the parallel sides are AB 7, and CD 12, and the perpendicular distance AP or CN...
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A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying ...

Abel Flint - Surveying - 1825 - 252 pages
...0.47076=4201 tbe double Area of the Triangle. PROBLEM X. To find the Jbeaof a TrapezoiA. RULE. Multiply half the Sum of the two parallel Sides by the perpendicular distance between them, or the sum of the two parallel Sides by half the perpendicular distance, the product will be the Area....
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The Youth's Assistant in Theoretick and Practical Arithmetic

Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...the area ? Ans. 54.299 rods. I Problem III. Tojind the area of a trapezoid. :BuLE.— Multiply half the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and the product will be the area. Examples. 1. One of the two parallel sides of a trapezoid is 7.5 chains...
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A Treatise on the New Method of Land Surveying, with the Improved Plan of ...

Thomas Hornby (land surveyor.) - Surveying - 1827 - 318 pages
...16.00000 Ans. 0A. 2n. 16p. PROBLEM 3. To find the Area of a Trapezoid. RULE. Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area. EXAMPLE. Required the area of the trapezoid AB CD, whose parallel sides AB and DC are 800 and 640 links...
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