PROBLEMS. 



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PROBLEM XLIV* 

 'To tnahe a Triangle equal to the Figure ABCDEA^ 



Draw the diagonals DA, DB, 

 and the lines EF, CG, parallel 

 to them, meeting the base AB, 

 both ways produced, in F and 

 G. Join D F, D G ; and DFG 

 •will be the triangle required. 



Note. Nearly In the same manner may a triangle be 

 jnade equal to any right-lined figure whatever. 



PR0I3LE*M 3^LV, 



To male a Rectangkf or a ParaUeiogramy equal to a given 

 Triangle ABC. 



Bisect the base A B in m> 

 Through C draw Qno parallel 

 to A B. Through m and B 

 draw ;;/ n and B o parallel to 

 each other, and either perpen- 

 dicular to AB, or making any 

 angle with it. And the rectan- 

 gle or parallelogram junoVt will 

 be equal to the triangle, as required. 



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