 | Charles Hutton - Measurement - 1788 - 728 pages
...9. A may-pole, whofe top was broken off by a blaft of wind, flruck the ground at 1 5 feet cliftance from the foot of the pole : what was the height of the whole may-pole, fuppofing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet ? Anf. 75 feet. QUEST. 10. Suppofe the breadth... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1807 - 464 pages
...EXAM. ix. A maypole, whose top was broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the foot of the pole: what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the broken piece to measure 39 feet in length ? Ans. 75 feet. EXAM. x. At 170 feet distance from the bottom... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 520 pages
...it ; what must the brea'dth of the walk be to take up just half the ground ? Ans. 25'968 feet. 22. Seven men bought a grinding stone of 60 inches diameter, each paying \ part of the expense ; what part of the diameter must each grmd down for his share ? Ans. The 1st,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...38. The top of a may-pole, being broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 10 feet distance from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of...grinding stone, of 60 inches diameter, each paying | part of the expense ; what part of the diameter must eacli grind down for his share ? Ans. the 1st... | |
 | John Gummere - Surveying - 1814 - 398 pages
...yards. 5. A may-pole, whose top was broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the foot of the pole : what was the height of...maypole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet? Ans. 75 feet. 6. At a certain place the angle of elevation of an inaccessible tower was 26°... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1816 - 610 pages
...maypole, whose top was broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the $>ot of the pole - what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the broken piece to measure 39 feet in length ? Ans. 75 feet. Ex AX. x. At 170 feet distance from the bottom... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Arithmetic - 1818 - 646 pages
...38 The top of a may-pole, being broken sff by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 10 feet distance from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of...the length of the broken piece to be 26 feet ? Ans. 60 feet. QUEST 39. Seven men bought a grinding stone, of 60 inches diameter, each paying 4 part of... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...ix. A maypole, whose top was broken off by a blast •f wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the foot of the pole : what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the broken piece to measure 39 feet in length ? Ans. 75 feet. EXAM. x. At 170 feet distance from the bottom... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...may-pole, whose top was broken off by the wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the bottom of the pole ; what was the height of the whole may-pole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet ? Ans. 75 feet. 23. What will the diameter of a globe be, when its solidity and superficial... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1829 - 256 pages
...whose top was broken off Tiy a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the bottom of the pole : what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet ? Ans. 75 feet. 24. What will the diameter of a globe be, when the solidity and superficial... | |
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May-pole, whose top was broken off" by a blast of wind, struck the ground at the distance of 15 feet from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the whole May-pole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet ? 
