Elementary algebra, with brief notices of its history1879 |
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... negative quantity , have the literal meanings of property or wealth , and debt or loss , and imply a contrariety with respect to the possessor . Likewise two dis- tances , one towards the right hand and the other towards the left hand ...
... negative quantity , have the literal meanings of property or wealth , and debt or loss , and imply a contrariety with respect to the possessor . Likewise two dis- tances , one towards the right hand and the other towards the left hand ...
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... negative quantity ] is that to which another person has the relation of owner . Hence , so much as belongs to Yajnyadatta in the wealth possessed by Devadatta , is negative in respect of Devadatta . A known quantity which is always a ...
... negative quantity ] is that to which another person has the relation of owner . Hence , so much as belongs to Yajnyadatta in the wealth possessed by Devadatta , is negative in respect of Devadatta . A known quantity which is always a ...
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... negative quantity by a negative , is affirmative . A positive quantity divided by a negative is negative ; and a negative quantity divided by an affir- mative is negative.2 The division of one number by another was indicated by writing ...
... negative quantity by a negative , is affirmative . A positive quantity divided by a negative is negative ; and a negative quantity divided by an affir- mative is negative.2 The division of one number by another was indicated by writing ...
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... negative mark is placed over the coefficient , and not over the power of the unknown quantity ; also a known number is always placed last , thus : ya vv 1 ya gh 6 ya v 5 ya 12 ru 4 ; in modern notation x + 6x + 5x2 - 12x + 4 . As the ...
... negative mark is placed over the coefficient , and not over the power of the unknown quantity ; also a known number is always placed last , thus : ya vv 1 ya gh 6 ya v 5 ya 12 ru 4 ; in modern notation x + 6x + 5x2 - 12x + 4 . As the ...
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... negative is 9 affirmative . Hence , the square root of 9 affirmative may be 3 affirmative or 3 negative . There is no square root of a negative quantity , for it is not a square . One of the commentators remarks : - " If it be ...
... negative is 9 affirmative . Hence , the square root of 9 affirmative may be 3 affirmative or 3 negative . There is no square root of a negative quantity , for it is not a square . One of the commentators remarks : - " If it be ...
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Page 11 - But the answer is easy; for by the ultimate velocity is meant that with which the body is moved, neither before it arrives at its last place and the motion ceases, nor after, but at the very instant it arrives; that is, that velocity with which the body arrives at its last place, and with which the motion ceases.
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Page 17 - Collins, dated between the years 1669 and 1677, inclusive; and showed them to such as knew and avouched the hands of Mr. Barrow, Mr. Collins, Mr. Oldenburg, and Mr. Leibnitz ; and compared those of Mr. Gregory with one another, and with copies of some of them taken in the hand of Mr. Collins...
Page 11 - ... instant it arrives ; that is, that velocity with which the body arrives at its last place, and with which the motion ceases. " And in like manner, by the ultimate ratio of evanescent quantities...