 | Daniel Adams - 1831 - 276 σελίδες
...difference. Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 6. If the extremes be 5 and 605, and the number of terms 151, what is the common difference ( Ans.... | |
 | William Kinne - 1831 - 248 σελίδες
...II. The extremes and the number of terms being given, to find the common difference. RULE.—Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 3 and 19, and the number of terms is 9 ; required the common difference,... | |
 | 1831 - 210 σελίδες
...sold at 12 for a farthing? Ans. 86L. 17s. 10d. CASE 2. When the two extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference. RULE. Divide...difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one; the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. Twenty and sixty are the two extremes... | |
 | 1831 - 198 σελίδες
...were afterwards sold at 12 for a farthing? Ans. 86L. 17s. lOd. CASE 2. ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION. 173 RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one; the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1 . Twenty and sixty are the two extremes... | |
 | Thomas Conkling (W.) - 1831 - 302 σελίδες
...number of terms. Case 3d. The two extremes, (that is, the first and last term,) and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. Rule. Divide the difference of the two extremes by the number of terms less, (or lacking, ) one, and the quotient will be the common difference,... | |
 | William Ruger - 1832 - 282 σελίδες
...common difference of the hammer of a clock's striking. CASE III. — The extremes and number of terms being .given, to find the common difference. RULE...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. A merchant sold 200 yards of cloth ; for the first yard he received 4 cents, for the last,... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - 1832 - 186 σελίδες
...the common difference. Hence, II. The first term, the last term, and the number of term* given to fmd the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 2. If the first term of a series be 8, the last 108, and the number of terms 21, what is the common... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - 1832 - 182 σελίδες
...common difference. Hence, II. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given to find ike common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number «f terms, less 1, and the quotient will he the common difference. 2. If the first term of a series... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1833 - 204 σελίδες
...egg to put it into the basket ? Ans. 5 miles, 1 300 yards. Case 2. The same three terms giren, tojind the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference...number of terms less 1 ; and the quotient will be the answer. (4) A man had eight sons, whose ages were in arithmetical progression ; the youngest being... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1833 - 268 σελίδες
...difference. ' Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, • to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 6. If the extremes be 5 and 605, and the number of terms 151, what is the common difference ? Ans.... | |
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PROBLEM II. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common diffcrenct. 
