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John Marvin Colaw. 3. Numbers represented by letters are called Literal or General Numbers ... number , 3 a for three times this number , etc. EXERCISES 4. 1. If stands ... find the values of the following : - 5. 2ab + d . 11. 20 d 9 ( a + b + ...
John Marvin Colaw. 3. Numbers represented by letters are called Literal or General Numbers ... number , 3 a for three times this number , etc. EXERCISES 4. 1. If stands ... find the values of the following : - 5. 2ab + d . 11. 20 d 9 ( a + b + ...
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... number " are expressions for the same number . ) ( d ) How do we state the equality of the two expressions in algebraic language ? ( + = 18. ) ( x x 2. Five times a given number is equal to twice the number increased by 36. Find the number ...
... number " are expressions for the same number . ) ( d ) How do we state the equality of the two expressions in algebraic language ? ( + = 18. ) ( x x 2. Five times a given number is equal to twice the number increased by 36. Find the number ...
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... number is 5 times Find the smaller number . the other . Let Then Uniting terms , x the smaller number . - 5x the larger number . x + 5x = 36 , the sum . 6 x = 36 . Dividing by 6 ( axiom 7 ) , x = 6 . ( Why ? ) CHECK . Substituting 6 for ...
... number is 5 times Find the smaller number . the other . Let Then Uniting terms , x the smaller number . - 5x the larger number . x + 5x = 36 , the sum . 6 x = 36 . Dividing by 6 ( axiom 7 ) , x = 6 . ( Why ? ) CHECK . Substituting 6 for ...
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... number is 24 more than 3 times the number . Find the number . 9. What number is that whose is 3 more than its half ? 10. A farmer has 100 hens and chicks . Each hen has 9 chicks . How many of each has he ? 11. Mr. E has gold dollars and ...
... number is 24 more than 3 times the number . Find the number . 9. What number is that whose is 3 more than its half ? 10. A farmer has 100 hens and chicks . Each hen has 9 chicks . How many of each has he ? 11. Mr. E has gold dollars and ...
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John Marvin Colaw. 19. If 18 is added to 6 times a certain number , the sum will be 22 less than of 150. Find the number . 20. Out of a total of 1452 votes , B received 3 times as many votes as C , and A twice as many as C. How many ...
John Marvin Colaw. 19. If 18 is added to 6 times a certain number , the sum will be 22 less than of 150. Find the number . 20. Out of a total of 1452 votes , B received 3 times as many votes as C , and A twice as many as C. How many ...
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Page 85 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Page 74 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first and the second, plus the square of the second.
Page 412 - The logarithm of any power of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number multiplied by the exponent of the power.
Page 205 - What fraction is that, whose numerator being doubled, and the denominator increased by 7, the value becomes f ; but the denominator being doubled, and the numerator increased by 2, the value becomes -jj-?
Page 357 - In a series of equal ratios, the sum of the antecedents is to the sum of the consequents as any antecedent is to its consequent.
Page 355 - 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 74 - The product of the sum and difference of two numbers is equal to the difference of their squares.
Page 68 - Multiply each term of the multiplicand by each term of the multiplier, and add the partial products.
Page 241 - ... plus three times the product of the square of the tens by the units, plus three times the product of the tens by the square of the units, plus the cube of the units. This being the case, the cube of the tens...
Page 35 - Guido, with a burnt stick in his hand, demonstrating on the smooth paving-stones of the path, that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.