Test Examples in Algebra: Especially Adapted for Use in Connection with Olney's School, Or University Algebra

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Sheldon, 1870 - 99 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 71 - A merchant having mixed a certain number of gallons of brandy and water, found that, if he had mixed 6 gallons more of each, he would have put into the mixture 7 gallons of brandy for evdry 6 of water.
Pàgina 69 - There are two numbers which are to each other as 3 to 2. If 6 be added to the greater and subtracted from the less, the sum and remainder will be to each other, as 3 to 1. What are the numbers ? Ans.
Pàgina 99 - There are four numbers in geometrical progression, the second of which is less than the fourth by 24 ; and the sum of the extremes is to the sum of the means, as 7 to 3. What are the numbers ? Ans.
Pàgina 94 - There are two square buildings, that are paved with stones, a foot square each. The side of one building exceeds that of the other by 12 feet, and both their pavements taken together contain 2120 stones. What are the lengths of them separately ? Ans.
Pàgina 95 - What two numbers are those whose sum, multiplied by the greater, is equal to 77 ; and whose difference, multiplied by the lesser, is equal to 12 ? Ans.
Pàgina 69 - Four places are situated in the order of the letters A, B, C, D. The distance from A to D is 34 miles. The distance from A to B is to the distance from C io D as 2 to 3.
Pàgina 57 - There is a number consisting of two digits, the second of which is greater than the first, and if the number be divided by the sum of its digits, the quotient is 4...
Pàgina 97 - A certain number consists of three digits, which are in arithmetical progression ; and the number divided by the sum of its digits is equal to 26 ; but if 198 be added to it, the digits will be inverted. What is the number ? Let the digits be equal to x—y, x, and x+y, respectively.

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