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... mean different things as the unit is varied . The symbol 8 , for instance , means eight units , but it may be eight shillings , eight pounds , eight yards , as may be in- tended . Operations are performed with these symbols , and true ...
... mean different things as the unit is varied . The symbol 8 , for instance , means eight units , but it may be eight shillings , eight pounds , eight yards , as may be in- tended . Operations are performed with these symbols , and true ...
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... mean either an integer , or a quantity wholly or partly decimal . 4. Out of this statement of the purposes and method of ... means . Such questions as these are noticed to assure the reader that his probable difficulties are foreseen and ...
... mean either an integer , or a quantity wholly or partly decimal . 4. Out of this statement of the purposes and method of ... means . Such questions as these are noticed to assure the reader that his probable difficulties are foreseen and ...
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... means a number of feet which is the height of a point above the ground , -a can mean the same number of feet as the depth of a point below the ground . So , to extend this conception to apply to different alge- braic symbols of quantity ...
... means a number of feet which is the height of a point above the ground , -a can mean the same number of feet as the depth of a point below the ground . So , to extend this conception to apply to different alge- braic symbols of quantity ...
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... means the statement that 5 is greater than 4 . < means ' less than . ' Thus , 9 < 11 means that 9 is less than 11 . ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF ALGEBRAICAL QUANTITIES . 13. In this view of the meaning of the two algebraical signs , the ...
... means the statement that 5 is greater than 4 . < means ' less than . ' Thus , 9 < 11 means that 9 is less than 11 . ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF ALGEBRAICAL QUANTITIES . 13. In this view of the meaning of the two algebraical signs , the ...
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... means 587. received , and -c - d means 547. paid away . If a , b , c , d continue to denote the same numbers , and these are now understood to mean numbers of miles , if + a be the distance a man travels one day directly towards the ...
... means 587. received , and -c - d means 547. paid away . If a , b , c , d continue to denote the same numbers , and these are now understood to mean numbers of miles , if + a be the distance a man travels one day directly towards the ...
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Page 174 - A farmer bought some sheep for £72, and found that if he had received 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £1 less for each. How many sheep did he buy ? 13. A and B distribute £60 each among a certain number of persons : A relieves 40 persons more than B does, and B gives to each 5*.
Page 178 - When three magnitudes are proportionals, the first is said to have to the third the duplicate ratio of that which it has to the second.