Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Archimedes' Book of Lemmas, Proposition #1

Tangent circles and parallel diameters (Problem 640)
Exercise your brain. Archimedes wrote the "Book of Lemmas" more than 2200 years ago. Solve the proposition #1 (high school level) and lift up your geometry skills.

Click the figure below to see the complete proposition.


Archimedes' Book of Lemmas #1.