 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 σελίδες
...number of terms, their common difference, and the g reates t term, toßnd the least term. RULE. — Multiply the number of terms less 1, by the common difference ; and subtract this product from the greatest term, and the remainder will be the least term. EXAMPLES. 1... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - 1849 - 260 σελίδες
...all the terms : by having any three of which given, the other two may be found. CASE i. . The first term, common difference, and number of terms given, to find the last term. RULE. EXAMPLES. 1. A man. bought 17 yards of cloth, giving 5 cents for the first yard, 8 cents for... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1849 - 336 σελίδες
...added to the first term, must give the last term ; thus, 2 -j- 27 = 29. Hence the following RULE. — Multiply the number of terms less 1, by the common difference, and add this product to the first term for the last term. NOTE. — If the series is descending, the product... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 σελίδες
...the first term, the number of terms, and common difference are given, to find the last term : RULE. Multiply the number of terms, less 1, by the common...difference, and to the product add the first term, and the sum will be the last term. 2. If the first term of a series be 5, the number of terms 35, and... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1852 - 348 σελίδες
...of the extremes will therefore be 6X3=18, and the last term will be 2+18=20. Hence, having the first term, common difference, and number of terms given to find the last term, we have the following RULE. Multiply the number of terms, less one, by the common difference, and to... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1854 - 192 σελίδες
...Progression ? By what rule do you work, when the first term, common difference, and number of terms, are given to find the last term, and sum of all the terms? By what rule do you work, when the first and last terms are given to find the common difference? Examples.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 σελίδες
...to the first term, must give the last term ; thus, 2 -\- 27 = 29. Hence the following .A RULE. — Multiply the number of terms less 1, by the common difference, and add this product to the first term for the last term. NOTE. — If the series is descending, the product... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 328 σελίδες
...the first term, the number of terms, and common difference are given, to find the last term : RULE. Multiply the number of terms, less 1, by the common...difference, and to the -product add the first term, and the sum ivill be the last term. 2. If the first term of a series be 5, the number of terms 35?... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 σελίδες
...the first term, the number of terms, and common difference are given, to find the last term : RULE. Multiply the number of terms, less 1, by the common...difference, and to the product add the first term, and the sum will be the last term. 2. If the first term of a series be 5, the number of terms 35»... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1857 - 336 σελίδες
...added to the first term, must give the last term ; thus, 2 -f 27 = 29. Hence the following RULE. — Multiply the number of terms less 1 by the common difference, and add this product to the first term for the last term. NOTE. — If the series is descending, the product... | |
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Multiply the number of terms, less 1, by the common difference, and to the product add the first term, the sum is the last term. 
