The Collegiate Algebra: Adapted to Colleges and Universities

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Clark & Maynard, 1880 - 346 σελίδες

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Σελίδα 305 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Σελίδα 47 - 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 157 - In a series of equal ratios, the sum of the antecedents is to the sum of the consequents as any antecedent is to its consequent.
Σελίδα 226 - Or, four terms are in harmonical proportion, when the first is to the fourth as the difference of the first and second is to the difference of the third and fourth.
Σελίδα 196 - DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, and the number answering to the remainder will be the quotient required.
Σελίδα 157 - Article, — j— = — -=- ; oa bd also - =" — j ac , , a—bb c—dd a—b c- d therefore - x - = — -- x - or = j bade ac or a — b : a :: c — d : c, and inversely, a '. a — b :: c : c — d. This operation is called convertendo. 396. When four quantities are proportionals, the sum of the first and second is to their difference as the sum of the third and fourth is to their difference.
Σελίδα 226 - WHEN three numbers are such that the first is to the third, as the difference of the first and second is to the difference of the second and third, they are said to be in HARMONICAL PROPORTION, and a series of numbers in continued harmonical proportion, constitutes a HARMONICAL PROGRESSION.
Σελίδα 195 - Y, and x + y is the sum of their logarithms; from which it follows that the sum of the logarithms of two numbers is equal to the logarithm of their product. Hence, To multiply two or more numbers...
Σελίδα 39 - Multiply each term of the multiplicand by each term of the multiplier, and add the partial products.
Σελίδα 197 - We have then this rule, 49. Add to the index, if necessary, such a negative number as will make it exactly divisible by the divisor, and prefix an equal positive number to the decimal part of the logarithm. 1. Required the 5th root of 0.009642.

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