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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... shillings , the other 4 shillings , and the boy 3 shil- lings , a day . When the work was finished , he paid them $ 54 . How many days were they employed ? Let x the number of days . The first man EQUATIONS OF THE FIRST DEGREE . 115.
... shillings , the other 4 shillings , and the boy 3 shil- lings , a day . When the work was finished , he paid them $ 54 . How many days were they employed ? Let x the number of days . The first man EQUATIONS OF THE FIRST DEGREE . 115.
Σελίδα 116
... shillings ; the other , 4 x shillings ; and the boy 3 x shillings ; which , together , are equal to 324 , the shillings in $ 54 . 5 x + 4 x + 3 x = 324 . 8. A farmer sold an equal number of oxen , cows and sheep , for $ 632 . For the ...
... shillings ; the other , 4 x shillings ; and the boy 3 x shillings ; which , together , are equal to 324 , the shillings in $ 54 . 5 x + 4 x + 3 x = 324 . 8. A farmer sold an equal number of oxen , cows and sheep , for $ 632 . For the ...
Σελίδα 131
... shillings , and at 13 shillings , per gallon ; and he would make a mix- ture of 100 gallons , that shall be worth 12 shillings per gallon . How many gallons of each must he take ? * 18 . How many gallons of wine , at 9 shillings a ...
... shillings , and at 13 shillings , per gallon ; and he would make a mix- ture of 100 gallons , that shall be worth 12 shillings per gallon . How many gallons of each must he take ? * 18 . How many gallons of wine , at 9 shillings a ...
Σελίδα 132
... shillings as shaf make the whole mixture worth 2 dollars a gallo , How many gallons must he take ? 20. How many gallons of water must be mixe with 35 gallons of wine , at 9 shillings , and 45 gallons at 13 shillings , a gallon , that ...
... shillings as shaf make the whole mixture worth 2 dollars a gallo , How many gallons must he take ? 20. How many gallons of water must be mixe with 35 gallons of wine , at 9 shillings , and 45 gallons at 13 shillings , a gallon , that ...
Σελίδα 139
... shillings less than of all his money ; at the second , 4 shillings less than of what he had left ; at the third , of what he had left ; at the fourth , 3 shillings less than of what he had left ; at the fifth , 2 shillings more than of ...
... shillings less than of all his money ; at the second , 4 shillings less than of what he had left ; at the third , of what he had left ; at the fourth , 3 shillings less than of what he had left ; at the fifth , 2 shillings more than of ...
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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.