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... Prob . 2. What number is that , from which a being subtracted , the remainder is b ? Let x represent the number required . Then by the problem x - a = b ; by transposition , x = a + b . Here , if a = 16 , and b = 14 ; then x = 16 + 14 ...
... Prob . 2. What number is that , from which a being subtracted , the remainder is b ? Let x represent the number required . Then by the problem x - a = b ; by transposition , x = a + b . Here , if a = 16 , and b = 14 ; then x = 16 + 14 ...
Σελίδα 187
... Prob . 4. A person lends at interest for one year a certain capital at 5 per cent ; at the end of the year , according to agreement , he is to receive à sum b , besides the principal and interest , and the whole sum he re- ceives must ...
... Prob . 4. A person lends at interest for one year a certain capital at 5 per cent ; at the end of the year , according to agreement , he is to receive à sum b , besides the principal and interest , and the whole sum he re- ceives must ...
Σελίδα 189
... Prob . 8. A Gentleman meeting 4 poor persons , distributed five shil- lings amongst them to the second he gave twice , the third thrice , and to the fourth four times as much as to the first . What did he give to each ? Let x the pence ...
... Prob . 8. A Gentleman meeting 4 poor persons , distributed five shil- lings amongst them to the second he gave twice , the third thrice , and to the fourth four times as much as to the first . What did he give to each ? Let x the pence ...
Σελίδα 190
... Prob . 12. What two numbers are those whose difference is 9 ; and if three times the greater be added to five times the lesser , the sum shall be 35 ? Let x the lesser number ; then x + 9 = the greater number . And 3 times the greater ...
... Prob . 12. What two numbers are those whose difference is 9 ; and if three times the greater be added to five times the lesser , the sum shall be 35 ? Let x the lesser number ; then x + 9 = the greater number . And 3 times the greater ...
Σελίδα 191
... Prob . 15. A post is th in the earth ths in the water , and 13 feet out of the water . What is the length of the post ? Let x = the length of the post ; then == the part of it in the earth , 5 3x 7 the part of it in the water , 7 and 13 ...
... Prob . 15. A post is th in the earth ths in the water , and 13 feet out of the water . What is the length of the post ? Let x = the length of the post ; then == the part of it in the earth , 5 3x 7 the part of it in the water , 7 and 13 ...
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra: Theoretical and Practical James Ryan,Robert Adrain Πλήρης προβολή - 1824 |
An Elementary Treatise on Algebra: Theoretical and Practical James Ryan,Robert Adrain Πλήρης προβολή - 1824 |
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Σελίδα iv - Congress of the United States. entitled, " an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act, entitled, " an act, supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof...
Σελίδα 146 - Find the value of one of the unknown quantities, in terms of the other and known quantities...
Σελίδα 336 - IF any number of magnitudes be proportionals, as one of the antecedents is to its consequent, so shall all the antecedents taken together be to all the consequents.
Σελίδα 341 - XX. THEOR. IF there be three magnitudes, and other three, which, taken two and two, have the same ratio ; if the first be greater than the third, the fourth shall be greater than the sixth ; and if equal, equal ; and if less, less...
Σελίδα 339 - If the whole be to the whole, as a magnitude taken from the first is to a magnitude taken from the other ; the remainder...
Σελίδα 340 - THEOB.—If four magnitudes be proportionals, they are also proportionals by conversion; that is, the first is to its excess above the second, as the third to its excess above the fourth. Let AB be to BE, as CD to DF: then BA shall be to AE, as DC to CF.
Σελίδα 31 - 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. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Σελίδα 329 - When of the equimultiples of four magnitudes (taken as in the fifth definition) the multiple of the first is greater than that of the second, but the multiple of the third is not greater than the multiple of the fourth ; then the first is said to have to the second a greater ratio than the third magnitude has to the fourth...
Σελίδα 335 - MAGNITUDES which have the same ratio to the same magnitude are equal to one another ; and those to which the same magnitude has the same ratio are equal to one another.
Σελίδα 331 - The first of four magnitudes is said to have the same ratio to the second, which the third has to the fourth, when any equimultiples whatsoever of the first and third being taken, and any equimultiples whatsoever of the second and fourth; if the multiple of the first be less than that of the second, the multiple of the third is also less than that of the fourth...