 | Samuel Read Hall - 1832 - 294 σελίδες
...the number of terms, — Divide the' difference of the extremes (that is, the first and last terms) by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 will be the answer. Example. If the first term be 5, the last 35, and the common difference 3, what is the number of terms... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1833 - 204 σελίδες
...Case 3. The ttvo extremes and the common difference being given, lojind the number of terms. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by unity is the number sought. (6) A person travelling into the country, went 3 miles the first day, and... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1833 - 228 σελίδες
...find the number of terms ; — Divide tlte difference of the extremes lytlte common difference, und the quotient, increased by 1, will be the answer. 17. If the extremes ho 3 and 45, and tho common difference C, what is th» nnrnner oí to¡. ^^ how m children he had,... | |
 | John Rose - 1835 - 192 σελίδες
...first term found ? Given the extremes (the first and last terms,) and the common difference, to find the number of terms. Divide the difference of the...difference, and the quotient increased by 1 will be the number of terms required. 1. The extremes are 2 and 53, and the common difference 3; what is the number... | |
 | James Thomson (LL.D.) - 1837 - 296 σελίδες
...sum of the scries. Answ. 38^. RULE III. The extremes and the common difference being given, to find the number of terms ; Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and add a unit to the quotient. The reasons of this rule and of the next will be obvious from comparing... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1837 - 266 σελίδες
...the first and last terms, and the common difference are given, to find the number of terms : RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient will be 1 less than the number of terms. 10. If the first term of a series be 2, and the last term... | |
 | George Willson - 1838 - 194 σελίδες
...— Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms. 7. A man travelling a journey, went 18 miles the first day, and increased his... | |
 | George Willson - 1838 - 194 σελίδες
...— Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms. 7. A man travelling a journey, went 18 miles the first day, and increased his... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1839 - 308 σελίδες
...12, the numbu/ of terms. Л. 12. Hence, When the Extremes and Common Difference are given, In Jim L the Number of Terms ; — Divide the difference of...increased by 1, will be the answer. 17. If the extremes he 3 and 45, and the common difference 6, what is the number of terms ? A. 8. . 18. A man, being asked... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 σελίδες
...CASE IV. TAe first term, last term and common difference given, to find the number of terms. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common...difference, and the quotient increased by 1, will be the number of terms. EXAMPLES. 1 . A man bought cloth in arithmetical progression, giving 5 cents for the... | |
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Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient, increased by 1 , will be the answer. 
