A Treatise on Algebra: Arithmetical algebraJ. & J. J. Deighton, 1842 - Algebra |
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... added and subtract quired in multiplied and divided , and their roots extracted , and the f Arithmetic . results of ... adding together the numbers , or numerical quantities , denoted by the several in their respective positions : thus ...
... added and subtract quired in multiplied and divided , and their roots extracted , and the f Arithmetic . results of ... adding together the numbers , or numerical quantities , denoted by the several in their respective positions : thus ...
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... added to- 10. The sum of two numbers a and b is represent a + b : : SS he the sum of three numbers a , b , and c ... added together for the purpose of forn required sum . 11. When any number of symbols are added together result is ...
... added to- 10. The sum of two numbers a and b is represent a + b : : SS he the sum of three numbers a , b , and c ... added together for the purpose of forn required sum . 11. When any number of symbols are added together result is ...
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... added to and then subtracted bol is pre- another , or conversely , the result will be identical wit ceded both original number : thus if 7 be first added to 10 , makin by the signs and if the same number 7 be then subtracted from 17 ...
... added to and then subtracted bol is pre- another , or conversely , the result will be identical wit ceded both original number : thus if 7 be first added to 10 , makin by the signs and if the same number 7 be then subtracted from 17 ...
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... added to , or subtracted terms is not altered by from , another , the same final result will be obtained , in whatever any change order the required operations succeed each other , so long as the of suc- subtrahend , when the operation ...
... added to , or subtracted terms is not altered by from , another , the same final result will be obtained , in whatever any change order the required operations succeed each other , so long as the of suc- subtrahend , when the operation ...
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... added to the first term to for a single minuend , and all terms preceded by the sign are als added together to form a single subtrahend , then one operation d subtraction will , in all such cases , produce the correct final result ...
... added to the first term to for a single minuend , and all terms preceded by the sign are als added together to form a single subtrahend , then one operation d subtraction will , in all such cases , produce the correct final result ...
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Page 266 - To divide the number 90 into four such parts, that if the first be increased by 2, the second diminished by 2, the third multiplied...
Page 272 - A and B can do a piece of work in 6 days ; A and C can do it in 9 days, and A, B, C can do 8 times the same work in 45 days.
Page 177 - When of the equimultiples of four magnitudes (taken as in the fifth definition), the multiple of the first is greater than that of the second, but the multiple of the third is not greater than the multiple of the fourth ; then the first is said to have to the second a greater ratio than the third...
Page 166 - COMPOSITION ; that is, the sum of the first and second, will be to the second, as the sum of the third and fourth, is to the fourth.
Page 256 - A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3 ; but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take, to catch the hare?
Page 34 - The product of the sum and difference of two numbers is equal to the difference of their squares.
Page 34 - 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 269 - In wh.it time could each do it separately? Ans. A in 24, B in 48 days. 19. A and B drink from a cask of beer for 2 hours, after which A falls asleep, and B drinks the remainder in 2 hours and 48 minutes; but if B had fallen asleep and A had continued to drink. it would have taken him 4 hours and 40 minutes to finish the cask. In what time could each singly drink the whole? Ans. A in 10 hrs., B in 6 hrs.
Page 173 - If the first has to the second the same ratio which the third has to the fourth...
Page 167 - When four quantities are proportionals, the sum of the first and second is to their difference, as the sum of the third and fourth, to their difference.