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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Σελίδα 15
... expression for John's age was 4 x , and the value of x was found to be four years . To find the age of John in years , this value of x was multiplied by 4 , its coefficient . Any quantity is always supposed to be multiplied by its co ...
... expression for John's age was 4 x , and the value of x was found to be four years . To find the age of John in years , this value of x was multiplied by 4 , its coefficient . Any quantity is always supposed to be multiplied by its co ...
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... expression x + y signifies that the quantities x and y are to be added , whatever their val- ues may be . Suppose that the values of x and y are 6 and 4 ; then x + y will be equal to 6 + 4 , or 10 . - ( Minus , ) placed before a ...
... expression x + y signifies that the quantities x and y are to be added , whatever their val- ues may be . Suppose that the values of x and y are 6 and 4 ; then x + y will be equal to 6 + 4 , or 10 . - ( Minus , ) placed before a ...
Σελίδα 19
... expression x y , which is the prod- uct of a multiplied by y . Thus , if x = 5 , and y = 3 , xy = 15 ; for 3 x 5 = 15. But ... expressed in the form of a fraction ; thus , 123 , which may be read in the same manner . So , too , xy , or ...
... expression x y , which is the prod- uct of a multiplied by y . Thus , if x = 5 , and y = 3 , xy = 15 ; for 3 x 5 = 15. But ... expressed in the form of a fraction ; thus , 123 , which may be read in the same manner . So , too , xy , or ...
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... expression , ab , is also called a residual quan- tity , because it expresses the residue or remainder , after one of the terms has been taken from the other . Similar quantities are such as differ only in their coefficients or signs ...
... expression , ab , is also called a residual quan- tity , because it expresses the residue or remainder , after one of the terms has been taken from the other . Similar quantities are such as differ only in their coefficients or signs ...
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... expressed 3 x 2 x ; and the sum due is evidently x dollars . - ― Suppose the value of x to be 10 dollars ; then 3 x = 30 , and 2 x = 20 , and the account will be Dr. 30 dollars , Cr . 20 dollars , due 10 dollars . The 20 dollars ...
... expressed 3 x 2 x ; and the sum due is evidently x dollars . - ― Suppose the value of x to be 10 dollars ; then 3 x = 30 , and 2 x = 20 , and the account will be Dr. 30 dollars , Cr . 20 dollars , due 10 dollars . The 20 dollars ...
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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.