A Collection of Problems and Examples Adapted to the "Elementary Course of Mathematics.": With an Appendix Containing the Questions Proposed During the First Three Days of the Senate-House Examinations in the Years 1848, 1849, 1850, and 1851 |
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... given no illustrations , for the following reasons . I considered that the geometrical method of treating the Conic Sections was re - introduced into the University princi- pally , if not entirely , as an introduction to Newton's ...
... given no illustrations , for the following reasons . I considered that the geometrical method of treating the Conic Sections was re - introduced into the University princi- pally , if not entirely , as an introduction to Newton's ...
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... given in the form of an Appendix the ques- tions proposed in the Senate - House during the first three days of the Examinations of 1848 , 1849 , 1850 , and 1851. This will , I have no doubt , be considered a useful addition . H. G. ...
... given in the form of an Appendix the ques- tions proposed in the Senate - House during the first three days of the Examinations of 1848 , 1849 , 1850 , and 1851. This will , I have no doubt , be considered a useful addition . H. G. ...
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... Ans . The length is 30 , and the breadth 25 yards . A farmer bought two flocks of sheep , the first of which contained 18 fewer than the second . If he had given 24 . for the first flock as many pounds as there were 28 ALGEBRA .
... Ans . The length is 30 , and the breadth 25 yards . A farmer bought two flocks of sheep , the first of which contained 18 fewer than the second . If he had given 24 . for the first flock as many pounds as there were 28 ALGEBRA .
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... Given that yox , and that when x = 1 , y = the value of y when x = 4 . 3 , find 8. Given that ∞ ∞ + y , that y∞ x2 , and that when x = 1 , y = 2 , and x = 3 , determine the relation between % and x . 9 . If s varies directly as y ...
... Given that yox , and that when x = 1 , y = the value of y when x = 4 . 3 , find 8. Given that ∞ ∞ + y , that y∞ x2 , and that when x = 1 , y = 2 , and x = 3 , determine the relation between % and x . 9 . If s varies directly as y ...
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... Given the nth and mth terms of an arithmetical series , required the sum of p terms . 6. S1 , S2 , S3 ...... S are the sums of p arithmetical series continued to n terms ; the first terms are 1 , 2 , 3 , ...... and the common ...
... Given the nth and mth terms of an arithmetical series , required the sum of p terms . 6. S1 , S2 , S3 ...... S are the sums of p arithmetical series continued to n terms ; the first terms are 1 , 2 , 3 , ...... and the common ...
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Page 111 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 128 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part.
Page 111 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts, the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square on the line between the points of section, is equal to the square on half the line.
Page 112 - EQUAL straight lines in a circle are equally distant from the centre ; and those which are equally distant from the centre, are equal to one another.
Page 144 - ... a circle. The angle in a semicircle is a right angle: the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle ; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.
Page 160 - Triangles upon equal bases, and between the same parallels, are equal to one another.
Page 112 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 160 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.