Elements of Algebra: Being an Abridgment of Day's Algebra, Adapted to the Capacities of the Young, and the Method of Instruction, in Schools and Academies

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Durrie & Peck, 1848 - 252 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 51 - 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 210 - It is evident that the terms of a proportion may undergo any change which will not destroy the equality of the ratios ; or which will leave the product of the means equal to the product of the extremes.
Σελίδα 232 - After remarking that the mathematician positively knows that the sum of the three angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles...
Σελίδα 198 - When there is a series of quantities, such that the ratios of the first to the second, of the second to the third, of the third to the fourth, &c.
Σελίδα 94 - Hence any odd power has the same sign as its root. But an even power is positive, whether its root is positive or negative.
Σελίδα 65 - To multiply a fraction by a fraction. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Σελίδα 58 - To reduce fractions of different denominators to a common denominator. Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator ; and all the, denominators together^ for a common denominator. 8. Reduce -r, and -,, and — to a common denominator. 6
Σελίδα 21 - One quantity is said to be a measure of another, when the former is contained in the latter any number of times, without a remainder.
Σελίδα 228 - There are four numbers in geometrical progression, the second of which is less than the fourth by 24 ; and the sum of the extremes is to the sum of the means, as 7 to 3. What are the numbers ? Ans.
Σελίδα 183 - The same method which is employed for the reduction of three equations, may be extended to 4, 5, or any number of equations, containing as many unknown quantities. The unknown quantities may be exterminated, one after another, and the number of equations may be reduced by successive steps from five to four, from four to three, from three to two, &c. !' I"*! *t y t

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