The elements of non-Euclidean plane geometry and trigonometry, by H. S. Carslaw.

6 NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY [CH. i. PROBLEM 1. To bisect a given angle. Construction. On one of the lines bounding the given angle A take any two points B, C. On the other bounding line take AB'= AB and AC' AC. Join BC' and B'C. Let them intersect at D. Then AD is the desired bisector. C A C FIG. 1. Proof. The triangles BAC' and B'AC are congruent. Therefore L/ACB'=/ AC'B and L DBC= LDB'C'. It follows that the triangles BDC and B'DC' are congruent, since BC= B'C'. Therefore DB'=DB. Finally the triangles BAD and B'AD are congruent, and AD bisects the given angle. PROBLEM 2. To draw a perpendicular to a given straight line. Construction. Let AB be the given straight line. Take any other straight line AC through A. Upon AB take AD=AC. H Join CD. Bisect LCAD (by Problem 1), and let the C G bisector cut CD at G. On AB take AF =AG, and on the ray AG take AH=AD. A F D B Join FH. FIG. 2. Then FH is perpendicular to AB. Proof. From the triangles ACG and ADG, we have L AGD equal to a right angle. Also the triangles AGD and AFH are congruent. Therefore L AFH = LAGD= 1 right angle.

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The elements of non-Euclidean plane geometry and trigonometry, by H. S. Carslaw.
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Carslaw, H. S. (Horatio Scott), 1870-1954.
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London,: Longmans, Green and co.,
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Geometry, Non-Euclidean
Trigonometry

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