An Introduction to Algebra: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

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Hilliard, Gray & Company, 1833 - 276 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 229 - Multiplication, we observed, is performed by adding the exponents, and division by subtracting the exponent of the divisor from that of the dividend. Thus o' X «6 is a'+
Pàgina 193 - The exponent of a in the first term is the same as the exponent of the binomial, and decreases by 1 in each succeeding term.
Pàgina 8 - How many barrels were there in the whole ? Let x denote one half the number of barrels. 15. From two towns, which are 187 miles apart, two travellers set out at the same time with an intention of meeting ; one of them travels at the rate of 8, the other of 9 miles each day. In how many days will they meet ? II. 1 . A cask of wine was sold for $45, which was only | of what it cost.
Pàgina 266 - A overtook a drove of geese which were proceeding at the rate of three miles in two hours ; and two hours afterwards met a stage waggon, which was moving at the rate of 9 miles in 4 hours. B overtook the same drove of geese at the 45th mile stone, and met the same stage waggon exactly forty minutes before he came to the 31st mile stone. Where was B when A reached London ? 67.
Pàgina 261 - Divide the number 49 into two such parts, that the quotient of the greater divided by the less, may be to the quotient of the less divided by the greater as f to £-. 29.
Pàgina 25 - ... dollars. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Ans.
Pàgina 110 - What fraction is that, to the numerator of which if 1 be added, its value will be f , but if 1 be added to its denominator, its value will be 4 ? 9.
Pàgina 226 - The sum of all the terms. Any three of which being given, the other two may be found.
Pàgina 76 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.

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