 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...voted for each ? Ana. 233 for one and 142 for the other. 7. There is a fish, whose fail weighs 9lb. his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body,...much as his head and his tail ; what is the • whole wejght of the fish ? Ans. 72lb. 8. What number is that, from which ,if 5 be subtracted, -|- of the... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 466 pages
...•ach ? Ans. 233 for one, and 142 for the other. 7- There is a fish, whose tail weighs 9lb. .his head as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighsas much as his head and his tail ; what is the whole weight •f the fUh ? Ans. 72lb2 8. What... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1813 - 456 pages
...13f he 28. There is a fish whose tail weighs Q head weighs as much as his tail and half his liody, and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail; what is the whole weight of the fish? Ans. 72$. йд. It is required to divide 10 into three such parts, that, if the first be multiplied... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1818 - 326 pages
...; in what time will they meet ? Ans. 6 days 13f hours. 24. There is a fish whose tail weighs Sib., his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body,...head and his tail ; what is the whole weight of the fish ? . Aas. THb. 25. It is required to divide tjie number 10 into three such parts, that, if the... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1818 - 284 pages
...hours. 24. There is a fish whose tail weighs 926., his head weighs as much as his tail and half hi? body, and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail ; what is the whole weight of the fish ? Aas. 7226. 25. It is required to divide the number 10 into three Mich parts, that, if the first... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1819 - 574 pages
...time to come : what was the time past ? Ans. 54 years. 59. There is a fish whose tail weighs 9lbs., his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail : what is the whole weight of the fish 2 .'lus. 721 bs. 60. There is a certain number, consisting... | |
 | Miles Bland - Geometry - 1821 - 898 pages
...; whence 48 Ibs. were sent for. 43. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 9 Ibs. ; his head weighed as much as his tail, and half his body ; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh ? .: 9 + 9 + ¿r = 2* ; by transposition,... | |
 | James Ryan, Robert Adrain - Algebra - 1824 - 542 pages
...1644 dollars respectively. Prob. 23. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 91hs. ; his heai weighed as much as his tail, and half his body , and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh Let 2x= the number of Ibs. the body weighed... | |
 | Miles Bland - Algebra - 1824 - 404 pages
...*=24; whence 48lbs. were sent for. 43. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 9lbs.; his head weighed as much as his tail, and half his body; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh ? Let 2 x = the number of Ibs. the body... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1825 - 336 pages
...1C ; in what time will they meet? Ans. 6 days 13| hours. 24. There is a fish whose tail weighs y/6., his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body,...and his tail ; what is the whole • weight of the fish ? Ans. 72/6. 25. It is required to divide the nnmber 10 into three such parts, that if the first... | |
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His head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together. 
