 | J. G - 1878 - 408 σελίδες
...one depends. This is the case in the well-known example : A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9lb. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. Find the weight of the whole fish ? Here, if x = weight of body, 9 + X = weight of head ; .'. by question... | |
 | William James Milne - 1881 - 360 σελίδες
...another pipe in 4 hours. How much time will be required to fill the cistern if both are running? 61. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds. His...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. How much did the fish weigh? 62. Of a detachment of soldiers, $ are on duty, ^ of them sick, £ of... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1891 - 306 σελίδες
...multiplying both members by — 1), we have * = 126. VERIFICATION. — + 21 = 42 + 21 = 63 = — • 3 2 (6) A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds. His...and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? Let 2x = the weight of the body in pounds. Then 9 + x = weight of the head ; and, since the body... | |
 | George William Jones - 1892 - 300 σελίδες
...order of the digits is reversed: what is the number ? 6. If the tail of a fish weigh 9 Ibs., his head as much as his tail and half his body, and his body as much as his head and tail, what is the weight of the whole fish ? 7. There are two pipes one of... | |
 | James Morford Taylor - 1893 - 358 σελίδες
...starts from the same place, and follows A at the rate of 4| miles an hour. When did B overtake A ? 51. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds; his...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh? 52. Find a number such that if f of it be subtracted from 20, and y'T of the... | |
 | Stewart B. Sabin, Charles D. Lowry - 1894 - 138 σελίδες
....-»-8jr-T+g. ^+3y = 2y + §+2. LESSON LXX. 1. The tail of a fish weighs 9 pounds. His head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail together. What is the weight of the fish ? 2. A third part of a... | |
 | William Milford Giffin - 1895 - 136 σελίδες
...requires 2^ hours. In what time will both fill it? 469. If the tail of a fish weighs 9 Ibs. , his head as much as his tail and half his body, and his body as much as his head and tail, what is the weight of the whole fish? 470. A and B sell papers. The first... | |
 | Fletcher Durell, Edward Rutledge Robbins - 1897 - 482 σελίδες
...how much did each have at first ? 45. There is a fish whose tail weighs 9 pounds ; his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body ; and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail. What is the weight of the whole fish ? 46. A set out from... | |
 | James Morford Taylor - 1900 - 504 σελίδες
...starts from the same place, and follows A at the rate of 4| miles an hour. When does В overtake A ? 51. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds; his...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh? 52. Find a number such that if f of it be subtracted from 20, and -fT of the... | |
 | Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman - 1900 - 362 σελίδες
...what time could either have drunk the whole barrel ? (3) A fish was caught whose tail weighed nine pounds ; his head weighed as much as his tail and...and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? Doolan's answer to the first question was О ; to the second, " the man could drink it in fifty days,... | |
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His head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? Let 2x = the weight of the body in pounds. 
