...third Icrm is less than the first, and requires the fourth term to be greater than the second. RULE. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third, the quotient will bear such proportion to the second as the first does to the third. EXAMPLES. 1. If 8 men do a piece...

...RULE. — State the questions, and reduce the terms, the same as in /he Rule of Three Direct; then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third; and the quotient will be the ' answer, in a denomination of the same name, to which the second term...

...harvest a field of wheat in 2 days, iri what time can 8 men do the same work ? Answer 1 day. RULE. Multiply the first and second terms together and divide...the product by the third, the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. Operation. men. d. men. 4 : 2 : : 8 2 8)8(1 day, answer. In this example the...

...of the stating (if necessary) precisely in the same manner as in the Single Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third term — the quotient thence arising will be the enI »wer, and of like name with the middle term or...

...the same.) For the Inverse Rule. State the question and reduce the terms in the direct rule : then multiply the first and second terms together and divide the product by the third, and the quotient will be the answer. Examples in the Direct Rule. 1. If 3 gallons of brandy cost 19*.,...

...shillings, what will 6 yards cost ? ydi. s. ydi. 2 : 4 : : 6 4 2)24 12 Answer. RULE FOR INVER8E PROPORTION. Multiply the first and second terms together, and...Quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the second, or that to which the second was reduced. EXAMPLE. If 4 men can build a wall in 4 days,...

...the terms reduoed, if of different denominations, the same as in Rule of Three Direct. You must then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third, and the quotient will be the answer, in a denomination of -the same name to which the second term was...

...the terms reduced, if of different denominations, the same as in Rule of Three Direct. You must then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third, and the quotient will be the answer, in a denomination of the Fame name to which the second term was...

...belongs to Inverse proportion. RULE. . 1. State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and...quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. EXAMPLES. 1. IÍ 12 men can build a wall in 20 days, how many...

...requires less, and less requires more. RULE. After stating the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct, multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third, and the quotient is the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. If 100 workmen complete a piece of work in 12 days, how...