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... dividend . " Division is denoted by placing the dividend be- fore the sign , and the divisor after it ; thus ab , implies that the quantity a is to be divided by the quantity b . Also , it is frequently denoted by placing one of the two ...
... dividend . " Division is denoted by placing the dividend be- fore the sign , and the divisor after it ; thus ab , implies that the quantity a is to be divided by the quantity b . Also , it is frequently denoted by placing one of the two ...
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... dividend may be more readily suppress- ed ; as will be evident , from various instances , in the following part of the work . Ex . 16. Required the product of a + b + c by a- b + c . Ans . a2ac - b2 + c2 . Ex . 17. Required the product ...
... dividend may be more readily suppress- ed ; as will be evident , from various instances , in the following part of the work . Ex . 16. Required the product of a + b + c by a- b + c . Ans . a2ac - b2 + c2 . Ex . 17. Required the product ...
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... dividend be like , the sign of the quotient will be + ; if unlike , the sign of the quotient will be - . The reason of this proposition follows immedi- ately from multiplication : + ab Thus , if + ax + b = + ab ; therefore = + b : + a ...
... dividend be like , the sign of the quotient will be + ; if unlike , the sign of the quotient will be - . The reason of this proposition follows immedi- ately from multiplication : + ab Thus , if + ax + b = + ab ; therefore = + b : + a ...
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... dividend may be more readily suppress- ed ; as will be evident , from various instance the following part of the worl Ex . 16. Required the b + c . Ex . 17. Required the x - y - z . Ex . 18. Required the pr by 1 + x . Ex . 19. Multiply ...
... dividend may be more readily suppress- ed ; as will be evident , from various instance the following part of the worl Ex . 16. Required the b + c . Ex . 17. Required the x - y - z . Ex . 18. Required the pr by 1 + x . Ex . 19. Multiply ...
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... dividend : for example , the product abc , divided by ab , gives c for the quotient , because the product of ab by c is abc . 34. But when the divisor comprehends other letters , not common to the dividend , then the division can only ...
... dividend : for example , the product abc , divided by ab , gives c for the quotient , because the product of ab by c is abc . 34. But when the divisor comprehends other letters , not common to the dividend , then the division can only ...
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Page iv - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;
Page 498 - IF any number of magnitudes be proportionals, as one of the antecedents is to its consequent, so shall all the antecedents taken together be to all the consequents.
Page 57 - 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 162 - Any quantity may be transposed from one side of an equation to the other, if, at the same time, its sign, be changed.
Page 489 - The first of four magnitudes is said to have the same ratio to the second which the third has to the. fourth, when any equimultiples...
Page 239 - Find the value of one of the unknown quantities, in terms of the other and known quantities...
Page 503 - THEOB.—If four magnitudes be proportionals, they are also proportionals by conversion; that is, the first is to its excess above the second, as the third to its excess above the fourth. Let AB be to BE, as CD to DF: then BA shall be to AE, as DC to CF.
Page 496 - Equal magnitudes have the same ratio to the same magnitude; and the same has the same ratio to equal magnitudes.
Page 318 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 7 - NB When four magnitudes are proportionals, it is usually expressed by saying, the first is to the second, as the third to the fourth.' VII. When of the equimultiples of four magnitudes (taken as in the fifth definition), the multiple of the first is greater than that of the second...