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... miles distant , two tra- vellers set out at the same time , with an intention of meeting . One of them goes 8 miles , and the other 9 miles a day . In how many days will they meet ? Let x the number of days required ; then 8x the number of ...
... miles distant , two tra- vellers set out at the same time , with an intention of meeting . One of them goes 8 miles , and the other 9 miles a day . In how many days will they meet ? Let x the number of days required ; then 8x the number of ...
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... miles an hour , B follows and travels m miles an hour . In how many hours , and in how many miles travel will B overtake A. Let the hours that B travelled ; then x + a = the hours that A travelled . - Also mx the number of miles ...
... miles an hour , B follows and travels m miles an hour . In how many hours , and in how many miles travel will B overtake A. Let the hours that B travelled ; then x + a = the hours that A travelled . - Also mx the number of miles ...
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... miles mn travelled . 261. This is a general or literal solution , because m , n , a , may be any numbers or quantities taken at- pleasure : for example , Let a 9 , n = 5 , and m = 7 ; Then , A travels 9 hours at the rate of 5 miles an ...
... miles mn travelled . 261. This is a general or literal solution , because m , n , a , may be any numbers or quantities taken at- pleasure : for example , Let a 9 , n = 5 , and m = 7 ; Then , A travels 9 hours at the rate of 5 miles an ...
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... miles an hour ; two hours after his depar- ture another Courier sets out after him from New - York , supposed to be 68 miles distant from Trenton , and travels at the rate of 12 miles an hour . How far must the second Courier travel ...
... miles an hour ; two hours after his depar- ture another Courier sets out after him from New - York , supposed to be 68 miles distant from Trenton , and travels at the rate of 12 miles an hour . How far must the second Courier travel ...
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... miles , plus the distance travel- led by the first courier in two hours which his depar- ture preceded that of the second , together with the number of miles which the first travels whilst the second courier is on rout ; that is , NM ...
... miles , plus the distance travel- led by the first courier in two hours which his depar- ture preceded that of the second , together with the number of miles which the first travels whilst the second courier is on rout ; that is , NM ...
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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...