 | Charles Butler - Mathematics - 1814 - 528 pages
...excess of the third above the fourth to the fourth. 70. If four quantities be proportionals, the sum of the first and second is to their difference, as the sum of the third and fourth to their difference. Let a : b :: c : d, then will a+b : a—b : : c+d : c—d; for... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1818 - 254 pages
...inversely a : a±e : : с : c±.d. Til. 8. " If four quantities be proportional, then the sum " of (.he first and second is to their difference, as the sum of " the third and fourth is to their difference." For by THEOR. 6, £L+Ô=ÎI±^ and ^=£^; invert the two... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1821 - 284 pages
...,'. inversely a : a+_b : : с : c+_d. Tн. 8. " If four quantities be proportional, then the sum " of the first and second is to their difference, as the sum of " the third and fourth is to their difference." For by _ ., a + bc + d , a— t c—d . , ,, , THEOR. 6,... | |
 | James Wood - Algebra - 1825 - 322 pages
...: c; and inversely, a : ab :: с : c — d. (182.) 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. Let a : b :: с : d; then, a + b : a — b :: c + d : c—d.... | |
 | George Lees - 1826 - 276 pages
...by again alternating, a: a — b::c:c — rf. 116. 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. This readily appears from Nos. 114 and 115. For, (No. 114.) a+b:b::c+d... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1829 - 210 pages
...A : B j- A : .- C : D ± C. Cor. B^fA^::D^C:C (35). 40. If four quantities be proportional, the sum of the first and second is to their difference, as the sum of the third and fourth is to their difference. Let A : B : : C : D, then (by mixing) A+B:AB::CJ+D:C — D.... | |
 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1829 - 212 pages
...Thus,ifa:6::e;rf; then will a— b ; b : ; c — did. 5. If four quantities be proportionals, the sum of the first and second is to their difference, as the sum of the third and fourth is to thejr difference. Thus, if a;b:;c:d, then will a+b;a— b: ;c+d;c — d. 6.... | |
 | George Peacock - Algebra - 1830 - 732 pages
...a — bc — d' or a : a — b :: c : c — d. 411. " If four magnitudes be proportionals, the sum of the first and second is to their difference as the sum of the third and fourth is to their difference." Let a : b :: c : d, then also a + b : a — b :: c + d :... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 366 pages
...whose terms are not equimultiples of a and b. 232. 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. 234. Express a + b . Jl]. and log, (a + 6 v'~) in the c + «... | |
 | Andrew Bell - Euclid's Elements - 1837 - 290 pages
...excess above the second, as the third is to its excess above the fourth. 27- By mixing, when the sum of the first and second, is to their difference, as the sum of the third and fourth to their difference. 28. By equality, when there is any number of magnitudes more... | |
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If four magnitudes are in proportion, the sum of the first and second is to their difference as the sum of the third and fourth is to their difference. 
