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Σελίδα 237 - The sides of two squares contain 77 yards, 1 foot, 9 inches, and 7 yards, 2 feet, 4 inches, respectively; find the side of a square whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of two squares.
Σελίδα 105 - A certain number of sovereigns, shillings, and sixpences together amount to 8/. 6s. 6d., and the amount of the shillings is a guinea less than that of the sovereigns, and a guinea and a half more than that of the sixpences : Find the numbers of each coin.
Σελίδα 88 - A can do half as much work as B, B can do half as much as C, and together they can complete a piece of work in 24 days. In what time can each alone complete the work ? 31.
Σελίδα 228 - A ladder 40 feet long may be so placed that it will reach a window 33 feet high on one side of the street, and by turning it over without moving its foot it will reach a window 21 feet high on the other side. Find the breadth of the street.
Σελίδα 152 - A dairyman buys milk at 2-|d. per quart, dilutes it with water, and sells the mixture at 3d. per quart. His profits are 60 per cent. upon his outlay. How much water does he mix with each quart of milk ? 11.
Σελίδα 86 - If 5 men and 9 boys could do a piece of work in 17 days, in how many days would 9 men and 12 boys do it, the work of 2 men being equal to that of 3 boys?
Σελίδα 385 - In this little Manual the propositions are so arranged as to bring out the relations of the several parts. Exercises and explanatory notes are appended to each proposition, and the diagrams have been specially engraved to show the distinction between the constructive parts and the data. A series of one hundred miscellaneous exercises, classified according to the propositions on which they depend, is given at the end.
Σελίδα 151 - If 2 horses be worth as much as 5 oxen and 3 oxen as much as 16 sheep ; what will be the value of a horse if the price of a sheep is £3 15s.? (15) If a certain MS. fill 6 printed sheets, each containing 32 pages and each page 24 lines with 9 words in each line; how many lines of 12 words each must there be in a page in order that another similar MS. twice as long may fill 3 sheets each containing 48 pages P PRACTICE.
Σελίδα 210 - A person finds that if he invests a certain sum in railway shares paying £6 per share when the £100 share is at 132, he will obtain £10. 16s. a year more for his money than if he invest in the 3 per cent.
Σελίδα 238 - The area of a square cricket-field is 9 acres 3 roods 8'16 poles. A running path of the uniform width of 3'9 yards is constructed close to the boundary of the field, at a cost of 4d. per square yard, and the remainder of the field is laid down in turf at a cost of 5s. 6d. per 100 square yards. Find the total cost of preparing the field.