ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA, FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS, BY WILLIAM SMYTH, A. M. PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN BOWDOIN COLLEGE. PORTLAND: PUBLISHED BY SANBORN & CARTER, 1851. Едует Educ T 128.57.995 VARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF THE CnQUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 12711729 Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1850, by In the District Clerk's Office of the District of Maine. PRINTED BY THURSTON & COMPANY, SECTION. CONTENTS. I. Algebraic Signs, II. Use of Algebraic Signs, III. Equations, IV. Putting Questions into Equations, V. Algebraic Operations, VI. Algebraic Fractions, VII. Equations of the First Degree, VIII. Solution of Questions in a General Manner, IX. Rules of Arithmetic, Ratio and Proportion, Properties of Proportions, Rule of Three, Barter, Fellowship, Interest, Discount, Progression by Difference, Progression by Quotient, Position, Square Root of Numbers, X. Square Root of Algebraic Quantities, XI. Equations of the Second Degree, XII. Indeterminate Problems, XIII. Theory of Logarithms, XIV. Compound Interest, XV. Praxis, |