First Lessons in Algebra: Being an Easy Introduction to that Science, Designed for the Use of Academies and Common SchoolsJenks & Palmer, 1847 - 252 σελίδες |
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... - visable to omit the answers to the questions . These are given in a Key , published separately , together with solu tions of all the difficult problems . * Boston , January , 1834 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . CHAP . I. INTRODUCTION . SECT.
... - visable to omit the answers to the questions . These are given in a Key , published separately , together with solu tions of all the difficult problems . * Boston , January , 1834 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . CHAP . I. INTRODUCTION . SECT.
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... Answers shall be free from Fractions 181 Formula for Single Fellowship 183 Formula for Double Fellowship 185 Miscellaneous Formulas ..... 187 Formulas for Interest and Discount 19 CHAP . X. EVOLUTION . SECT . I. Introduction .... 196 II ...
... Answers shall be free from Fractions 181 Formula for Single Fellowship 183 Formula for Double Fellowship 185 Miscellaneous Formulas ..... 187 Formulas for Interest and Discount 19 CHAP . X. EVOLUTION . SECT . I. Introduction .... 196 II ...
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... answer of the question , the thing unknown , is assumed and represented by the letter x , which is therefore called the unknown quantity . Any other letter , mark or character , may be used with equal propriety , provided always that ...
... answer of the question , the thing unknown , is assumed and represented by the letter x , which is therefore called the unknown quantity . Any other letter , mark or character , may be used with equal propriety , provided always that ...
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... answers , by assigning definite values to the letters given in the questions , in the manner exhibited above . 11. Add together and Ꮖ , 3 x , and 5 x . - ANS . ― - 9 x . This example differs from the foregoing in only one particular ...
... answers , by assigning definite values to the letters given in the questions , in the manner exhibited above . 11. Add together and Ꮖ , 3 x , and 5 x . - ANS . ― - 9 x . This example differs from the foregoing in only one particular ...
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... answer 9x = dollars . But it may be asked , How can 100 , or 300 , or 500 , or 900 dollars be subtracted from nothing ? Such a subtraction may be represented , although it cannot be performed . A merchant , for instance , wishes to ...
... answer 9x = dollars . But it may be asked , How can 100 , or 300 , or 500 , or 900 dollars be subtracted from nothing ? Such a subtraction may be represented , although it cannot be performed . A merchant , for instance , wishes to ...
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Σελίδα 68 - 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.
Σελίδα 120 - A man driving his geese to market, was met by another, who said, good morrow, master, with your hundred geese ; says he, I have not a hundred ; but if I had half as many more as I now have, and two geese and a half, I should have a hundred ; how many had he ? /C s"~
Σελίδα 68 - Then divide the first term of the remainder by the first term of the divisor...
Σελίδα 242 - Several gentlemen made an excursion, each taking the same sum of money. Each had as many servants attending him as there were gentlemen ; the number of dollars which each had was double the number of all the servants, and the whole sum of money taken out was 3456 dollars.
Σελίδα 235 - 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 136 - A gentleman invested -J of his property in a canal. When he sold out, he lost f of the sum invested, receiving only $1,446. What was the value of his property when he began ? Ans., $11,568. 29. A gentleman leaves $315 to be divided among four servants in the following manner : B is to receive as much as A, and |- as much more; C is to receive as much as A and B, and ^ as much more ; D is to receive as much as the other three, and £ as much more. What is the share of each ? price of the chaise, the...
Σελίδα 164 - 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 129 - There is a fish whose head weighs 9 lb. his tail weighs as much as his head and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail both.
Σελίδα 123 - The distance from A to D is 34 miles. The distance from A to B is to the distance .from C to D as 2 to 3. And ± of the distance from A to B, added to half the distance from C to D, is three times the distance from B to C. What are the respective distances ? Ans.
Σελίδα 220 - Each man received one third as many shillings as there were persons relieved ; and each woman received twice as many shillings as there were women more than men. The men received all together 18s.