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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It is required to divide a line , of 20 inches in length , into two such parts that the rectangle of the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other . Ans . 105 - 10 5. It is required to divide the number 60 ...
It is required to divide a line , of 20 inches in length , into two such parts that the rectangle of the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square of the other . Ans . 105 - 10 5. It is required to divide the number 60 ...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | John Bonnycastle |
| Publisher | Evert Duyckinck, Daniel D. Smith and George Long, 1818 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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