A Practical Treatise on Algebra: Designed for the Use of Students in High Schools and AcademiesRobert S. Davis & Company, 1854 - 360 σελίδες |
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A's gain A's stock acres added Algebra amount annuity arithmetical mean arithmetical progression arithmetical series binomial bushels coefficient common denominator common difference Completing the square compound interest contain cube root cubical decimal deposited Divide divisor equal Evolving EXAMPLES Extract the square factors feet Find the logarithm find the sum find the values find two numbers following equation following RULE formula fraction gentleman geometrical mean geometrical progression geometrical series given number greater Hence infinity last term less man's stock miles mixed quantity months Multiply number of terms obtain order of differences permutations prefixed proportionals quadratic quadratic equations quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder Required the number Required the sum required to find second power shillings side square rods square root subtract surd taken third power Transposing unknown quantity values of x whole number yards
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Σελίδα 40 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Σελίδα 194 - A square court yard has a rectangular gravel walk round it. The side of the court wants 2 yards of being 6 times the breadth of the gravel walk ; and the number of square yards in the walk exceeds the number of yards in the periphery of the court by 164. Required the area of the court ? All equations of the second degree may be reduced to one of the following forms.
Σελίδα 237 - 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 276 - And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction ; subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always have a negative index.
Σελίδα 239 - Three lines are in harmonical proportion, when the first is to the third, as the difference between the first and second, is to the difference between the second and third ; and the second is called a harmonic mean between the first and third. The expression 'harmonical proportion...
Σελίδα 280 - LOGARITHMS. RULE. FROM the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, and the number answering to the remainder will be the quotient required.
Σελίδα 239 - Three quantities are said to be in harmonical proportion, when the first is to the third, as the difference between the first and second is to the difference between the second and third.
Σελίδα 63 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Σελίδα 268 - Where it is evident, that the same indices serve equally for any geometric series ; and consequently there may be an endless variety of systems of logarithms to the same common numbers, by only changing the second term 2, 3, or 10, &c. of the geometrical series of whole numbers...
Σελίδα 101 - ... of the sum of the shares of the other three, the share of the second ^ of the sum of the other three, and the share of the third ^ of the sum of the other three; and it was found that the share of the...