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... determined by taking the sum of the exponents of the letters which enter this term . For example , the term 8a2bcd3 is of the seventh degree , since the sum of the exponents , 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 = 7 . 26. A polynomial is said to be ...
... determined by taking the sum of the exponents of the letters which enter this term . For example , the term 8a2bcd3 is of the seventh degree , since the sum of the exponents , 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 = 7 . 26. A polynomial is said to be ...
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... determined . We may then consider it as a new dividend , and reason upon it as upon the proposed dividend . We will there- fore divide the term - 40a3b , affected with the highest exponent of a , by the term - 5a2 of the divisor . Now ...
... determined . We may then consider it as a new dividend , and reason upon it as upon the proposed dividend . We will there- fore divide the term - 40a3b , affected with the highest exponent of a , by the term - 5a2 of the divisor . Now ...
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... determined by the greatest of the exponents with which the unknown quantity is affected , without reference to other terms which may contain the unknown quantity raised to a less power . Thus , ax + b = cx + d 2x2 3x = 5 4x3 5x2 - - 2x2 ...
... determined by the greatest of the exponents with which the unknown quantity is affected , without reference to other terms which may contain the unknown quantity raised to a less power . Thus , ax + b = cx + d 2x2 3x = 5 4x3 5x2 - - 2x2 ...
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... determined , and then substituting this value in the other equations . In this way , new equations are formed from which one of the unknown quantities has been eliminated . We then operate in a similar manner , on the new equations ...
... determined , and then substituting this value in the other equations . In this way , new equations are formed from which one of the unknown quantities has been eliminated . We then operate in a similar manner , on the new equations ...
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... determined x ; but the value of y may be determined more simply , by observing , that by substituting for x its value found above , the last of the two equations becomes , 48 + 9y = 84 , whence y 84- 48 9 = 4 . In the same manner , by ...
... determined x ; but the value of y may be determined more simply , by observing , that by substituting for x its value found above , the last of the two equations becomes , 48 + 9y = 84 , whence y 84- 48 9 = 4 . In the same manner , by ...
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Page 30 - That is, the square of the sum of two quantities is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Page 275 - The characteristic of a number less than 1 is found by subtracting from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit, and writing — 10 after the result.
Page 27 - Hence, for the multiplication of polynomials we have the following RULE. Multiply all the terms of the multiplicand by each term of the multiplier, observing that like signs give plus in the product, and unlike signs minus.
Page 179 - To express that the ratio of A to B is equal to the ratio of C to D, we write the quantities thus : A : B : : C : D; and read, A is to B as C to D.
Page 180 - If the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two other quantities, two of them may be made the extremes, and the other two the means of a proportion.
Page 90 - If A and B together can perform a piece of work in 8 days, A and C together in 9 days, and B and C in 10 days : how many days would it take each person to perform the same work alone ? Ans.
Page 346 - VARIATIONS of signs, nor the number of negative roots greater than the number of PERMANENCES. Consequence. 328. When the roots of an equation are all real, the number of positive roots is equal to the number of variations, and the number of negative roots to , the number of permanences.
Page 34 - I. Divide the coefficient of the dividend by the coefficient of the divisor.
Page 108 - Which proves that the square of a number composed of tens and units, contains the square of the tens plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
Page 202 - In each succeeding term the coefficient is found by multiplying the coefficient of the preceding term by the exponent of a in that term, and dividing by the number of the preceding term.