 | Jeremiah Paul - 1801 - 238 σελίδες
...2 yards cost 4s. 8 yards will cost 16s. And, If iCs. will buy 8 yards, 4s. will buy 2 yards. RVLE. The product of the second and third terms, divided by the first, will give the answer in the same denomination in which the middle term was left. The operation may... | |
 | James Maginness - 1821 - 378 σελίδες
...because 8 measures 56 and 8 both, the proportion stands lastly; '.. . 7 : 1 : : 6720 : 960 Ans. CASE 3. In other cases reduce the first and second terms...the answer in the denomination of the third term. EXAMPLE. IflC'. of sugar cost Si 7, what must I pay for ~". 3q. I4,lb. CC q. Ib. D. '" f : 13 3 14... | |
 | James Maginness - 1821 - 378 σελίδες
...: 960 Ans. CASE 3, In other cases reduce the first and second terms to the same denomination, and_ consider them as pure numbers; then the product of...the answer in the denomination of the third term. EXAMPLE. If iC. of sugar cost Si 7, what must I pay for 13C. Zq.\Mb. CC q. Ib. D. 1 : 13 3 14 :: 17... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - 1832 - 294 σελίδες
...term, and all the Consequents for the second ; the number that asks the question makes the third : then the product of the second and third terms, divided by the first, will give the desired answer. SECTION XXI. INTEREST, &c. When one person employs tlie property for... | |
 | William Scott - 1844 - 568 σελίδες
...; or, a : b : : c : x. Whence, by Article 335, x=~=a X r, That is, the unknown quantity is equal to the product of the second and third terms divided by the first ; or it is equal to the third term multiplied by the ratio which the second term of the proportion... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1846 - 378 σελίδες
...placed in the second proportion, the true answer will be found. But since the first answer is equal to the product of the second and third terms divided by the first, it is plain that the true answer will always be equal to the continued product of the second and third... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 434 σελίδες
...will be the other; (Art. 156;) consequently, when the first three terms of a proportion are given, the product of the second and third terms divided by the first, must give \h^ fourth term or answer. The object of placing that number, which is of the same kind as... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - 1849 - 286 σελίδες
...is inverse, and the statement must be . 4 : 5 : : 3 : 4th term =3?. Ans. As- 8: 28:: 12: " =42. Ans. The product of the second and third terms, divided by the first, Always gives the fourth term. Three numbers are necessary for a statement ; and two of these must contain... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1850 - 412 σελίδες
...placed in the second proportion, the true answer will be found. But since the first answer is equal to the product of the second and third terms divided by the first, it is plain that the true answer will always be equal to the continued product of the second and third... | |
 | Daniel Leach - 1851 - 280 σελίδες
...third, write the greater of the other two numbers for the first term, and the less for the second. The product of the second and third terms, divided by the first, will give the fourth term. OBS. 1. Factors which are common to the dividend and divisor should be cancelled.... | |
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The fourth term is equal to the product of the second and third terms, divided by the first term. 
