A Practical Treatise on Algebra: Designed for the Use of Students in High Schools and AcademiesRobert S. Davis & Company, 1857 - 360 pàgines |
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A's gain Academy added amount arithmetical progression binomial breadth bushels coefficient common denominator common difference Completing the square compound interest contains couriers cube root decimal distance dividend divisor equal quantities EXAMPLES expressed Extract the square factor Find the sum find the value following RULE formula gentleman geometrical geometrical progression geometrical series Greenleaf's Algebra Hence High School horse infinity last term least common multiple less lowest terms miles minus mixed quantity Multiply NATIONAL ARITHMETIC number of terms obtained oxen Principal proportionals pupil quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder Required the number Required the sum required to find second power second term shillings side simple fraction square rods square root subtract surd THEOREM third power Transposing twice unknown quantity value of x VERIFICATION whole number yards
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Pàgina 40 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Pàgina 196 - A square court yard has a rectangular gravel walk round it. The side of the court wants 2 yards of being 6 times the breadth of the gravel walk ; and the number of square yards in the walk exceeds the number of yards in the periphery of the court by 164. Required the area of the court ? All equations of the second degree may be reduced to one of the following forms.
Pàgina 241 - Three lines are in harmonical proportion, when the first is to the third, as the difference between the first and second, is to the difference between the second and third ; and the second is called a harmonic mean between the first and third. The expression 'harmonical proportion...
Pàgina 84 - ... to that of the second and third ; but if I put it with the second horse, it will make the value double that of the first and third ; and if I put it with the third horse, it will make the value triple that of the first and second. What is the value of each horse ? 8. A laborer agreed to serve for 36 days on these conditions : that for every day he worked he was to receive $1.25, but for every day he was absent he was to forfeit $0.50. At the end of the time he received $17. Required how many...
Pàgina 241 - Three quantities are said to be in harmonical proportion, when the first is to the third, as the difference between the first and second is to the difference between the second and third.
Pàgina 63 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Pàgina 113 - ... of the sum of the shares of the other three, the share of the second ^ of the sum of the other three, and the share of the third ^ of the sum of the other three; and it was found that the share of the...
Pàgina 337 - At the 50th mile stone from London, A overtook a drove of Geese, which were proceeding at the rate of 3 miles in 2 hours, he afterwards met a stage wagon, which was moving at the rate of 9 miles in 4 hours.
Pàgina 197 - A and B engaged to reap a field for 90 shillings. A could reap it in 9 days, and they promised to complete it in 5 days. They found, however, that they were obliged to call in C, an inferior workman, to assist them the last two days, in consequence of which B received 3s.
Pàgina 308 - ... be divided by the number of terms to that place, it will give the coefficient of the term next following. Note. The whole number of terms will be one more than the index of the given power ; and when both terms of the root are +, all the terms of the power will be...