An Introduction to Algebra: With Notes and Observations : Designed for the Use of Schools and Places of Public Education : to which is Added an Appendix on the Application of Algebra to Geometry |
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... third century after Christ , appears to have been the first , among the ancients , who applied it to the solution of indeterminate or unlimited problems ; but it is to the moderns that we are principally indebted for the most curious ...
... third century after Christ , appears to have been the first , among the ancients , who applied it to the solution of indeterminate or unlimited problems ; but it is to the moderns that we are principally indebted for the most curious ...
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... third , fourth power , & c .; as a2 , a3 , aa , & c . The index , or exponent of a quantity , is the number which denotes its power or root . Thus , aXb shows that the quantit is to be B 2 DEFINITIONS . DEFINITIONS DEFINITIONS.
... third , fourth power , & c .; as a2 , a3 , aa , & c . The index , or exponent of a quantity , is the number which denotes its power or root . Thus , aXb shows that the quantit is to be B 2 DEFINITIONS . DEFINITIONS DEFINITIONS.
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... , & c .; called also its second , third , fourth power , & c .; as a2 , a3 , a1 , & c . The index , or exponent of a quantity , is the number which denotes its power or root . Thus , 1 is the index of a1 , 2 B 2 DEFINITIONS .
... , & c .; called also its second , third , fourth power , & c .; as a2 , a3 , a1 , & c . The index , or exponent of a quantity , is the number which denotes its power or root . Thus , 1 is the index of a1 , 2 B 2 DEFINITIONS .
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... manner to that given above , by first finding the common measure of two of them , and then of that common measure and a third ; and so on to the last . D EXAMPLES . 1. Required the greatest common measure of the ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS .
... manner to that given above , by first finding the common measure of two of them , and then of that common measure and a third ; and so on to the last . D EXAMPLES . 1. Required the greatest common measure of the ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS .
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... manner to that given above , by first finding the common measure of two of them , and then of that common measure and a third ; and so on to the last D CASE III . To reduce a mixed quantity to an ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS . 25.
... manner to that given above , by first finding the common measure of two of them , and then of that common measure and a third ; and so on to the last D CASE III . To reduce a mixed quantity to an ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS . 25.
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Page 10 - 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.
Page 20 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Page 27 - 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.
Page 173 - Ios- y" &cFrom which it is evident, that the logarithm of the product of any number of factors is equal to the sum of the logarithms of those factors. Hence...
Page 77 - To divide the number 90 into four such parts, that if the first be increased by 2, the second diminished by 2, the third multiplied...
Page 93 - It is required to divide the number 24 into two such parts, that their product may be equal to 35 times their difference. Ans. 10 and 14.
Page 93 - It is required to divide the number 60 into two such parts, that their product shall be to the sum of their squares in the ratio of 2 to 5.
Page 94 - What two numbers are those whose sum, multiplied by the greater, is equal to 77 ; and whose difference, multiplied by the less, is equal to 12 ? Ans.
Page 30 - Multiply the index of the quantity by the index of the power to which it is to be raised, and the result will be the power required.