 | Richard Carr (Arithmetician) - 1751 - 258 σελίδες
...the Quotient is the Anfwer. Obferve this in all the following Queftions. <j$uejtion га. If 8 Men do a Piece of Work in 12 Days, in how many Days will 16 Men do the fame ? Anfwert 6 Days. m. : d. :: m. For if 8 : i2 :: 16 8 16)96(6 Men the Anfwer.... | |
 | Beriah Stevens - 1822 - 436 σελίδες
...Contraction and cancelling have the same force here as in the rule of three direct. EXAMPLE. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, in how many days nil 1 6 men do the same 1 OPERATION. M. Days. Men. EXPLANATION. .In thi* As 8 :, 12 : : 16 question... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1833 - 204 σελίδες
...and divide their product by the third : the quotient will be the answer, as before. , (1) If 8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, in how many days can 16 men do the same?* (2) If 54 men can build a house in 90 days, how many men can do the same in 50... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - 1836 - 104 σελίδες
...IN ANALYSIS. JJ- Let the follow ing sums be stated in the same manner as the preceding. 1. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days : in how many days will 4 men do the same work ? 2. If 2 men in 3 days will earn 14 dollars : how much will 7 men earn... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - 1837 - 252 σελίδες
...many men will it take to accomplish a piece 4 times as large in 4 days? Ans. 60-i men. 26. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days : in how many days will 16 men do it? Ans. 6 days. 27. If 20 bushels of wheat are sufficient for 8 persons 5 months ;... | |
 | Alfred Crowquill - 1843 - 156 σελίδες
...quotient will bear such proportion to the second, as the first does to the third. EXAMPLES. If 8 men do a piece of work in 12 days, in how many days can 16 men perform the same? men. days. men. 8 : 12 :: 1б : б days. 8 16)96(6 days. Ans. 96 NOTE —... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1855 - 272 σελίδες
...three times as many would be required. In such examples, the proportion is said to be inverse. If 6 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, in how many days could 3 men do it ? It would take 1 man 6 times as long as 6 men, and it would take 3 men only | as... | |
 | Francis Walkinghame - 1859 - 200 σελίδες
...first does to the third. — Abreviations may be adopas in Simple Proportion. EXERCISES. 1. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, in how many days can 16 men perform the same ? 8men ; 12days ; ; 16men OR, 8 men ; 2)12 days ; ; 16 men 8 " — 16)96(6... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1864 - 188 σελίδες
...work in 8 days, how many men can do the same in 12 days ? 14. If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do twice as much work? 15. A farmer sold 2 tons of hay at $20 a ton, and for pay received 8 yards of cloth at $4 a yard, and... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1866 - 184 σελίδες
...cost, if 6 pounds cost 54 cents ? 24. What cost 36 quarts of milk, at 35 cts. for 7 qt. ? 25. If 4 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, in how many days can 3 men do the same work ? 26. I gave 72 dollars for a quantity of cotton, and sold it for 12 yards of cloth ;... | |
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If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do twice as much work? 
