 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1821 - 648 pages
...or, in other words, that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6.cb) Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means of that proportion. 98. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following... | |
 | John Radford Young - Euclid's Elements - 1827 - 246 pages
...its consequent. 8. If the number of magnitudes so related be but four, they are denominated simply a proportion ; the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the intermediate terms the means. 9. The antecedents are called homologous, or like terms, and the same... | |
 | Pierce Morton - Geometry - 1830 - 584 pages
...constitute a proportion, which is thus written, A : В : : С : D. te " A is to В as С is to D." Of a proportion, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means ; thus A, D are the extremes, and В, С the means, of the proportion A : B: : С : D. The... | |
 | Mathematics - 1835 - 684 pages
...constitute a proportion, which is thus written, A : В : : С : D. ie " A is to В as С is to D." Of a proportion, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means ; thus A, D are the extremes, and В, С the means, of the proportion A : B; : С : D. The... | |
 | Algebra - 1838 - 372 pages
...ratio of C to 1), we write the quantities thus, A : B : : C : D. and read, A is to B, as C to D. The quantities which are compared together are called the terms of the proportion. The first and last terras are called the two extremes, and the second and third terms the two means. 170. Of four proportional... | |
 | Algebra - 1839 - 368 pages
...ratio of C to D, we write the quantities thus, A : B : : C : D. and read, A is to B, as C to D. The quantities which are compared together are called...proportion. The first and last terms are called the two extremes, and the second and third terms the two means. 170. Of four proportional quantities, the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1839 - 264 pages
...ratio of C to D, we write the quantities thus : A ; B ; : C : D; and read, A is to B as C to D. The quantities which are compared together are called...proportion. The first and last terms are called the two extremes, and the second and third terms, thfe two means. Thus, A and D are the extremes, and B... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1839 - 280 pages
...or, in other words, that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6. :" Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of that proportion. 06. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 216 pages
...or, in other words, that 12 : 4 : ; 18 : 6.* Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of that proportion. 79. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...or, in other words, that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6.* Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of that proportion. 79. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following... | |
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The quantities which are compared together are called the terms of the proportion. The first and last terms are called the two extremes, and the second and third terms, the two means. 
