Friday, January 7, 2011

François Viète

Viete's construction of the regular heptagon



Viete: triangle

In a right triangle, let the perpendicular be 5 and the sum of the base and hypotenuse 25. Find the lengths of the base and hypotenuse.



Viete: triangle II

In a right triangle, the hypotenuse is 9.434 and the sum of the sides around the right angle is 13. Find the lengths of the sides around the right angle.



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