...sum oi them by the sum of the debts. RULE. Multiply each debt by the time, in which it is payable, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts: the quotient will be the equated time. 1. If I owe you 50 dollars payable in 4 months, 75 dollars payable...

...merchants usually Multiply each debt by the time to elapse before it it due, and divide Ike sum of the products by the sum of the debts. Though this method is inaccurate, experiment shows it may be employed without much error, to find the mean time for the payment of a...

...should I pay to cancel these debts at the end of 4 months, the rate being 6 per cent.? Ans. $3,344.19. 6. If I owe you $1,200, to be paid at the end of 6...find the mean time for the payment of a number of deots, the first and last of which a;-e due within a year of each other. The reasoning employed in...

...$400 down, how long must I keep the remainder so that neither of us shall lose interest ? Ans. 9 mo. 1 d., about. Another common but incorrect method. To...divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts. This method is easy, and the error is small, if the first debt and last are due within a year of each...

...may be paid at once. RULE. Multiply each debt by the time which must elapse before it is due ; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts for the equated time nearly. 1. A owes me £150 in 40 days, £70 in 60 days, £200 in 105 days ; at...

...debts, due at different periods of time. RULE. Multiply each amount by the time in which it is payable, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts ; the quotient will be the equated time of payment EXAMPLES. 1. Bought of Silas Pierce & Co. аз follows,...

...at once. (2.) Q. How do you find the average time ? A. I multiply each sum by the time it has to run before it is due, and divide the sum of the products by the amount of the debt. The quotient gives the average time of payment. QUERIES IN MARINE INSURANCE. Page...

...Multiply each debt by the number of days, months, or years, between its date and the time it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts; the quotient will be the average or mean time for the payment of the sum of 'all the debts. 1. William...

...terms, as follows:— Multiply the given debts by their respective times, expressed in one denomination, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts. The two last Exercises will, to those who are acquainted with algebra, afford opportunity of comparing...

...or days, as is most convenient, between the time of the calculation) and the maturity of the debt, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts; the quotient will show the number of years, months, or days, to elapse before the single payment of...