Bonnycastle's Introduction to Algebra: Containing the Indeterminate and Diophantine Analysis, and the Application of Algebra to Geometry

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W. E. Dean, 1851 - 288 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 43 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Σελίδα 45 - ... required. Or, multiply the quantity into itself as many times, less one, as is denoted by the index of the power, and the last product will be tJie answer.
Σελίδα 27 - 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 111 - A person has two horses, and a saddle worth £50 ; now, if the saddle be put on the back of the first horse, it will make his value double that of the second ; but if it be put on the back of the second, it will make his value triple that of the first ; what is the value of each horse ? Ans.
Σελίδα 29 - In the case here given, the operation of division may be considered as terminated, when the highest power of the letter, in the first, or leading term of the remainder, by which the process is regulated, is less than the...
Σελίδα 112 - 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 will it take each person to perform the the same work alone ? Ans.
Σελίδα 12 - Q/~\—C = equal to, the sign of equality; signifying that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. Thus...
Σελίδα 52 - ... and the quotient will be the next term of the root. Involve the whole of the root, thus found, to its proper power, which subtract from the given quantity, and divide the first term of the remainder by the same divisor as before...
Σελίδα 126 - It is required to divide the number 60 into two such parts, that their product shall be to the sum of their squares in the ratio of 2 to 5.
Σελίδα 109 - A labourer engaged to serve for 40 days, on condition that for every day he worked he should...

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