First Lessons in Algebra: Being an Easy Introduction to that Science ; Designated for the Use of Academies and Common SchoolsRussell, Shattuck, & Company, 1835 - 252 σελίδες |
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... in its present form , contains as much of Algebra as this class of learners will , in general , find time to study . Boston July , 1833 . E. BAILEY . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE STEREOTYPE EDITION . THE favor with which 1 * PREFACE . 5.
... in its present form , contains as much of Algebra as this class of learners will , in general , find time to study . Boston July , 1833 . E. BAILEY . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE STEREOTYPE EDITION . THE favor with which 1 * PREFACE . 5.
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... cow . 5. A gentleman gave a purse , containing a certain sum of money , to his three children , to be divided among them in such a manner , that Mary should have twice as much as Ellen , and John as much 16 FIRST LESSONS IN ALGEBRA .
... cow . 5. A gentleman gave a purse , containing a certain sum of money , to his three children , to be divided among them in such a manner , that Mary should have twice as much as Ellen , and John as much 16 FIRST LESSONS IN ALGEBRA .
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... contained in the purse is not named , we will call it a . Let x denote Ellen's share ; then Mary's share is twice as ... contained 18 dollars , Ellen's share was 3 , Mary's 6 , and John's 9 dollars . If the purse contained 24 dollars ...
... contained in the purse is not named , we will call it a . Let x denote Ellen's share ; then Mary's share is twice as ... contained 18 dollars , Ellen's share was 3 , Mary's 6 , and John's 9 dollars . If the purse contained 24 dollars ...
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... contains both a positive and a negative quantity . If the Dr. column of a leger amount to 3 x dollars , and the Cr . column to 2 x dollars , the con- dition of the account may be expressed 3 x 2 x ; and the sum due is evidently x ...
... contains both a positive and a negative quantity . If the Dr. column of a leger amount to 3 x dollars , and the Cr . column to 2 x dollars , the con- dition of the account may be expressed 3 x 2 x ; and the sum due is evidently x ...
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... contains the true answer , may be proved by referring to numbers . Let α = 12 , and b = 8 ; then a b , that is , 12 which is the difference of the given quantities . Here , too , the sign of the number to be subtracted is changed from ...
... contains the true answer , may be proved by referring to numbers . Let α = 12 , and b = 8 ; then a b , that is , 12 which is the difference of the given quantities . Here , too , the sign of the number to be subtracted is changed from ...
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Σελίδα 246 - Several gentlemen made an excursion, each taking the same sum of money. Each had as many servants attending him as there were gentlemen ; the number of dollars which each had was double the number of all the servants, and the whole sum of money taken out was 3456 dollars.
Σελίδα 122 - A man driving his geese to market, was met by another, who said, good morrow, master, with your hundred geese ; says he, I have not a hundred ; but if I had half as many more as I now have, and two geese and a half, I should have a hundred ; how many had he ? /C s"~
Σελίδα 141 - A man and his wife usually drank out a cask of beer in 12 days ; but when the man was from home, it lasted the woman 30 days : how many days would the man alone be in drinking it ? Ans.
Σελίδα 251 - The fore-wheel of a carriage makes 6 revolutions more than the hind- wheel in going 120 yards; but if the circumference of each wheel be increased one yard, it will make only 4 revolutions more than the hind-wheel in the same distance.
Σελίδα 68 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, giving the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by this term, and subtract the product from the dividend, arranging the remainder in the same order of powers as the dividend and divisor.
Σελίδα 237 - A square court yard has a rectangular gravel walk round it. The side of the court wants 2 yards of being 6 times the breadth of the gravel walk ; and the number of square yards in the walk exceeds the number of yards in the periphery of the court by 164. Required the area of the court ? All equations of the second degree may be reduced to one of the following forms.
Σελίδα 138 - A gentleman invested -J of his property in a canal. When he sold out, he lost f of the sum invested, receiving only $1,446. What was the value of his property when he began ? Ans., $11,568. 29. A gentleman leaves $315 to be divided among four servants in the following manner : B is to receive as much as A, and |- as much more; C is to receive as much as A and B, and ^ as much more ; D is to receive as much as the other three, and £ as much more. What is the share of each ? price of the chaise, the...
Σελίδα 131 - There is a fish whose head weighs 9 lb. his tail weighs as much as his head and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail both.
Σελίδα 166 - If A and B together can perform a piece of work in 8 days, A and C together in 9 days, and B and C in 10 days : how many days would it take each person to perform the same work alone ? Ans.
Σελίδα 125 - The distance from A to D is 34 miles. The distance from A to B is to the distance .from C to D as 2 to 3. And ± of the distance from A to B, added to half the distance from C to D, is three times the distance from B to C. What are the respective distances ? Ans.