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A Second Chapter on Conics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2017

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Let PQ, PQ′ (Fig. 1) be tangents to a conic, S, H the foci, Q′Cq a diameter, then Kq the tangent at q is ⅡPQ′. By a construction and a proof identical with those of an article in the second number of this Gazette we can show that rectle PQ.QK = SQ.QH, ∠ SKQ = QHP = PHQ′, ∆s PKS and PHQ′ similar, and ∴ rectle PS . PH = PK. PQ′. Through C draw a straight line ⅡQQ′, meeting PQ, PQ′ in F, F′, and cutting the tangent qK in E. QQ′ being ⅡFF′ and bisected by CP, CF = CF′; also Q′q being a diameter, CE = CF′. Thus E and F are the same point and coincide with K, and ∴ KC is ⅡQQ′.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1895

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