Elements of algebra

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Page 175 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the -whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part.
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Page 213 - ... way that he bought it, he privately clips off one twenty-fifth part, He may now legally sell it as a light guinea, and he finds that in consequence of the rise of pure gold in the ratio of 239 : 249 he just gains the clippings by his purchase. It is required to find the ratio of pure gold and alloy in the guinea, and also the relative value of equal quantities of pure gold and. alloy, it being known that the sum of the squares of the numbers •which express the two ratios, exceeds eleven times...

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