An Elementary Treatise on Algebra, in Theory and Practice: With Attempts to Simplify ... that Science ... With Notes and Illustrations ... To which is Added an Appendix, on the Application of Algebra to GeometryHilliard, Gray, & Company, 1840 - 605 σελίδες |
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... miles distant , two travel- lers set out at the same time with an intention of meeting . One of them goes 8 miles and the other 9 miles SIMPLE EQUATIONS .
... miles distant , two travel- lers set out at the same time with an intention of meeting . One of them goes 8 miles and the other 9 miles SIMPLE EQUATIONS .
Σελίδα 64
... miles and the other 9 miles a day . In how many days will they meet ? the number of days required ; then 8x Let the number of miles one travelled , and 9x the number the other travelled ; and since they meet , they must together have ...
... miles and the other 9 miles a day . In how many days will they meet ? the number of days required ; then 8x Let the number of miles one travelled , and 9x the number the other travelled ; and since they meet , they must together have ...
Σελίδα 93
... miles . One of them goes 14 miles a day , and the other 16. In what time will they meet ? Let x be the number of days ; then 14x miles will be travelled by one , and 16x miles by the other . Hence 30x = 197 , or x = 1976 . 13h , the ...
... miles . One of them goes 14 miles a day , and the other 16. In what time will they meet ? Let x be the number of days ; then 14x miles will be travelled by one , and 16x miles by the other . Hence 30x = 197 , or x = 1976 . 13h , the ...
Σελίδα 98
... miles in circumference , and three footmen all start together to travel the same way about it : A goes 5 miles a day , B 8 , and C 10. When will they all come together again ? Put p = 73 miles , the circumference of the island , a = 5 ...
... miles in circumference , and three footmen all start together to travel the same way about it : A goes 5 miles a day , B 8 , and C 10. When will they all come together again ? Put p = 73 miles , the circumference of the island , a = 5 ...
Σελίδα 109
... miles in 4 days , but in con- sequence of the badness of the roads he found that he must go 5 miles the second day , 9 the third , and 14 the fourth day , less than the first . How many miles must he travel each day ? Ans . 67 , 62 , 58 ...
... miles in 4 days , but in con- sequence of the badness of the roads he found that he must go 5 miles the second day , 9 the third , and 14 the fourth day , less than the first . How many miles must he travel each day ? Ans . 67 , 62 , 58 ...
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Σελίδα 126 - In one of the given equations obtain the value of one of the unknown quantities in terms of the other unknown quantity; Substitute this value in the other equation and solve.
Σελίδα 544 - Two travellers, A and B, set out to meet each other, A leaving the town C at the same time that B left D.
Σελίδα 94 - A person has two horses, and a saddle worth £50 ; now, if the saddle be put on the back of the first horse, it will make his value double that of the second ; but if it be put on the back of the second, it will make his value triple that of the first ; what is the value of each horse ? Ans.
Σελίδα 258 - Then, as the difference of these results is to the difference of the two assumed numbers, so is the difference between the true result, and either of the former, to the correction of the number belonging to the result used ; which correction being added to that number when it is too little, or subtracted from it when it is too great, will give the root required, nearly.
Σελίδα 492 - There is a rectangular field, whose length is to its breadth in the proportion of 6 to 5. A part of this, equal to -£ of the whole, being planted, there remain for ploughing 625 square yards. What are the dimensions of the field ? 1 3.
Σελίδα 97 - If A and B together can perform a piece of work in 8 days, A and C together in 9 days, and B and C in 10 days : how many days would it take each person to perform the same work alone ? Ans.
Σελίδα 435 - At the 50th mile stone from London, A overtook a drove of geese which were proceeding at the rate of three miles in two hours ; and two hours afterwards met a stage waggon, which was moving at the rate of 9 miles in 4 hours.
Σελίδα 439 - There are four numbers in geometrical progression, the second of which is less than the fourth by 24 ; and the sum of the extremes is to the sum of the means, as 7 to 3. What are the numbers ? Ans.
Σελίδα 497 - Is. ; for each of which I paid as many shillings per yard as there were yards in its side. Now had each of them cost as many shillings per yard as there were yards in a side of the other, I should have paid 17s.
Σελίδα 96 - Divide the number 90 into 4 such parts, that the . first increased by 2, the second diminished by 2, the third multiplied by 2, and the fourth divided by 2, shall all be equal.