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... yards of cloth . He finds that , if he selects cloth at £ 1 a yard , his money is too little by £ 1 , 12s . , but if he selects cloth at 16s . a yard , he has 8s . too much . Required the number of yards he wants , and his money ? Let x ...
... yards of cloth . He finds that , if he selects cloth at £ 1 a yard , his money is too little by £ 1 , 12s . , but if he selects cloth at 16s . a yard , he has 8s . too much . Required the number of yards he wants , and his money ? Let x ...
Σελίδα 151
... yards ; and if its length were increased by 1 yards , and its breadth in- creased by the same , its area would be increased by 524 yards . Required its dimensions . 16. There are three metallic compositions . The first is such , that 16 ...
... yards ; and if its length were increased by 1 yards , and its breadth in- creased by the same , its area would be increased by 524 yards . Required its dimensions . 16. There are three metallic compositions . The first is such , that 16 ...
Σελίδα 153
... yards short of the point of crossing when A passes it , and in 2 minutes they are equally distant from that point ; also , in 8 minutes more they are again equally distant from it . Required the speed of each . 26. A and B entered into ...
... yards short of the point of crossing when A passes it , and in 2 minutes they are equally distant from that point ; also , in 8 minutes more they are again equally distant from it . Required the speed of each . 26. A and B entered into ...
Σελίδα 173
... yard was £ 14 : 6s . Required the height of the room . 2. A sum of £ 1000 has to be divided equally amongst a number of persons . But two new claimants appearing , it is found that each person will receive £ 25 less than he expected ...
... yard was £ 14 : 6s . Required the height of the room . 2. A sum of £ 1000 has to be divided equally amongst a number of persons . But two new claimants appearing , it is found that each person will receive £ 25 less than he expected ...
Σελίδα 177
... yards , for £ 60 . By selling the first at a gain of as much per cent as the second cost him , and the second at a loss of as much per cent , he finds he has made a profit of £ 4 on the whole . Required the cost price per yard of each ...
... yards , for £ 60 . By selling the first at a gain of as much per cent as the second cost him , and the second at a loss of as much per cent , he finds he has made a profit of £ 4 on the whole . Required the cost price per yard of each ...
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Σελίδα 231 - But wheat rising 2s. per bushel, and work being scarce, the family find the sum saved would not buy as much wheat as their former savings by two bushels ; when it appears that at this rate the sum annually saved would be less by five guineas than by the former. Now the two youngest dying it is found that if the remaining members of the family saved each one shilling less than the oldest child had done before the rise of wheat, their monthly account with the bank would not be affected by the deaths...
Σελίδα 232 - But in 30 days the scurvy made its appearance, and carried off three men every day, and at the same time a storm arose, which protracted the voyage three weeks. They were however just enabled to arrive in port, without any diminution in each man's daily allowance of water. Required the time of the passage, and the number of men alive when the vessel reached harbour.
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Σελίδα 219 - ... pounds per chain, as there were chains in the street leading to A. The sewer however being insufficient to carry off the water, an additional drain was made from a point in this street, distant 4 chains from the bridge A, which entered the river at the same point with the sewer, and was equally inclined to the river and sewer. Now it was found that a drain down the middle of each street, at the rate of £9 per chain would have cost only £54 more than the expense of the sewer. Required the lengths...
Σελίδα 213 - ... way that he bought it, he privately clips off one twenty-fifth part, He may now legally sell it as a light guinea, and he finds that in consequence of the rise of pure gold in the ratio of 239 : 249 he just gains the clippings by his purchase. It is required to find the ratio of pure gold and alloy in the guinea, and also the relative value of equal quantities of pure gold and. alloy, it being known that the sum of the squares of the numbers •which express the two ratios, exceeds eleven times...