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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Σελίδα 129
... pounds of coffee they contained . His only way would be , to collect all the coffee into one of the scales , and all the weights into the other . Now , an equation is not unlike the grocer's scales : the commodity to be weighed is the ...
... pounds of coffee they contained . His only way would be , to collect all the coffee into one of the scales , and all the weights into the other . Now , an equation is not unlike the grocer's scales : the commodity to be weighed is the ...
Σελίδα 135
... pounds were nitre ; of the whole , wanting 4 pounds , was sulphur ; and the charcoal was of the nitre , wanting 2 pounds . How many pounds were there ? * 6 . A person , being asked the time of day , an- swered , that the time past from ...
... pounds were nitre ; of the whole , wanting 4 pounds , was sulphur ; and the charcoal was of the nitre , wanting 2 pounds . How many pounds were there ? * 6 . A person , being asked the time of day , an- swered , that the time past from ...
Σελίδα 167
... pounds of A , 5 of B and 8 of C , the mixture is worth $ 1,21 a pound . When he mixes together 3 pounds of A , 10 of C and 5 of D , the mixture is worth $ 1,50 a pound . At one time he sold 8 pounds of A , 10 of B , 10 of C and 7 of D ...
... pounds of A , 5 of B and 8 of C , the mixture is worth $ 1,21 a pound . When he mixes together 3 pounds of A , 10 of C and 5 of D , the mixture is worth $ 1,50 a pound . At one time he sold 8 pounds of A , 10 of B , 10 of C and 7 of D ...
Σελίδα 178
... pound , must be given in barter for 75 gallons of wine at 8s . per gallon ? Let the pounds of tea . Then 5 x 75 × 8 = 600 ; and x 120. i ANS . 120 lbs . In general terms . How much tea , at a per pound , must be given in barter for b ...
... pound , must be given in barter for 75 gallons of wine at 8s . per gallon ? Let the pounds of tea . Then 5 x 75 × 8 = 600 ; and x 120. i ANS . 120 lbs . In general terms . How much tea , at a per pound , must be given in barter for b ...
Σελίδα 188
... pound , with another sort , worth 7d . per pound , so as to make 1 cwt . worth 8d . per pound . How many pounds of each sort must he take ? 51. A dealer in oils would furnish 36 gallons at 4 shillings a gallon ; and he has but two kinds ...
... pound , with another sort , worth 7d . per pound , so as to make 1 cwt . worth 8d . per pound . How many pounds of each sort must he take ? 51. A dealer in oils would furnish 36 gallons at 4 shillings a gallon ; and he has but two kinds ...
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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.