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EXAMPLES.

If an annuity of 707. be forborne 5 years, what will be due for the principal and interest at the end of said term, simple interest being computed at 5 per cent. per innum?

1st. Interest of 70l. at 5 per cent. for

Yr. £. S.

1-3 10

2-7 0

3-10 10

0

2d. And 5 yrs. annuity, at 707. ¡ei yr. is

1-14
350 0

2. A house being let upon a lease of 7 years, at 400 dollars per annum, and the rent being in arrear for the whole term, I demand the sum due at the end of the term, simple interest being allowed at 61. per cent. per annum? Ans. £3304.

To find the present worth of an annuity at simple

interest.

RULE. Find the present worth of each year by itself, discounting from the time it falls due, and the sum of all these present worths will be the present worth required.

EXAMPLES.

1. What is the present worth of 400 dols. per annum, to continue 4 years, at 6 per cent. per annum?

377,35849 Pres. worth of 1st yr.

338,98305 =
322,58064 =

2d yr.

3d yr.

4th yr.

Ans. $1396,06503= $1396, 6cts. 5m.

2. How much present money is equivalent to an annuity of 100 dollars, to continue 3 years; 6 per cent. ?

3. What is 801. yearly rent, to in ready m mey, et 67. per cent.

rebate being made at Ans. $268, 37 cts. continue 5 years, worht Ans. £340, 5s Ad.

EQUATION OF PAYMENTS,

IS finding the equated time to pay at once, several debts aue at different periods of time, so that no loss shall bei sustained by either party.

RULE.-Multiply each payment by its time, and divide the suni if: the several products by the whole debt, and the quotient will be the equated time for the payment of the whole.

EXAMPLES.

1. A owes B 380 dollars, to be paid as follows-viz. 100 dollars in 6 months, 120 dollars in 7 months, and 160 dol lars in 10 months: What is the equated time for the pay. ment of the whole debt?

)3040(8 months. Ans.

2. A merchant hath owing him 3007. to be paid as fol lows: 501. at 2 months, 1004. at 5 months, and the rest ε.P 8 months; and it is agreed to make one payment of the whole: I demand the equated time? Ans. 6 months.

3. Fowes H 1000 dollars, whereof 200 dollars is to be paid present, 400 dollars at 5 months, and the rest at 154 months, but they agree to make one payment of the whole; I demand when that time must be ? Ans. 8 months. ~~*^[

4. A merchant has due to him a certain sum of money, to be paid one sixth at 2 months, one third at 3 months,S and the rest at 6 months; what is the equated time for the payment of the whole? Ans. 4 months.' in

BARTER,

IS the exchanging of one commodity for another, and directs merchants and traders how to make the exchange without loss to either party.

RULE. Find the value of the commodity whose quantity is given then find what quantity of the other at the proposed rate can be bought for the same money, and it gives the answer.

EXAMPLES.

1. What quantity of flax at 9 cts. per lb. must be given in barter for 12 lb. of indigo, at 2 dols. 19 cents per lb. ?

12 lb. of indigo at 2 dols. 19 cts. per lb. comes to 26 dols. 28 cts. therefore, As 9 cts.: 1 lb. :: 20,28 cts. : 292 the answer.

2. How much wheat at 1 dol. 25 cts. a bushel, must be given in barter for 50 bushels of rye, at 70 cts. a bushel? Ans. 28 bushels. 3. How much rice at 28s. per cwt. must be bartered for 3 cwt. of raisins, at 5d. per lb. ?

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Ans, 5 cwt. 3 qrs. 9112 lb. 4. How much tea at 4s. 9d. per lb. must be given in barter for 78 gallons of braudy, at 12s. 31d. per gallon? Ans. 201 lb. 13oz.

5. A and B bartered: A had 8 cwt. of sugar at 12 cts. per lb. for which 3 gave him 18 cwt. of flour; what was he flour rated a per lb. Ans. 5 cts.

6. B delivered 3 hhds. of brandy, at 6s. 8d. per gallon, 19 C, for 126 yds. of cloth, what was the cloth per yard? Ans. 10s.

7. D gives E 250 yards of drugget, at 30 cts. per yd. or 319 lbs. of pepper; what does the pepper stand him in per lb. ? Ans. 23 cts. 57m. 8. A and B bartered: A had 41 cwt. of rice, at 21s. per cwt. for which B gave him 207. in money, and the rest in sugar at 8d. per lb. ; I demand how much sugar B gave A besides the 207.? Ans. 6 cwt. 0 qrs. 191⁄2lb.

9. Two farmers bartered: A had 120 bushels of wheat at 1 dols. per bushel, for which B gave him 100 bushels of barley, worth 65 cts. per bushel, and the balance in oats at 40 cts. per bushel; what quantity of oats did A receive from B? Ans. 287 bushels.

10. A hath linen cloth worth 20d. en ell ready money; but in barter he will have 2s. B hath broadcloth worth 14s. 6u. per yard ready money; at what price ought B to rate his broadcloth in barter, so as to be equivalent to A's bartering price? Ans. 17s. 4d. 32qrs.

11. A and B barter: A hath 145 gallons of brandy a 1 dol. 20 cts. per gallon ready money, but in barter he will have 1 dol. 35 cts. per gallon: B has linen at 58 cts. per yard ready money; how must B sell his linen pe yard in proportion to A's bartering price, and how many yards are equal to A's brandy?

Ans. Barter price of B's linen is 65 cts. 24m. and he must give A 300 yds. for his brandy.

12. A has 225 yds. of shalloon, at 2s. ready money per yard, which he barters with B at 2s. 5d. per yard, taking indigo at 12s. 6d. per lb. which is worth but 10s. how much indigo will pay for the shalloon; and who gets the best bargain?

Ans. 43lb. at barter price will pay for the shalloon, and B has the advantage in barter.

Value of A's cloth, at cash price, is
Value of 431b. of indigo, at 10s. per ll.

£22 10

21 15

B gets the best bargain by £0 1'i

LOSS AND GAIN,

IS a rule by which merchants and traders discover their profit or loss in buying and selling their goods: it also in structs them how to rise or fall in the price of their goods so as to gain or lose so much per cent, or otherwise.

Questions in this rule are answered by the Rule of Three.

EXAMPLES.

1. Bought a piece of cloth containing 85 yards, for 191 dols. 25 cts. and sold the same at 2 dols. 81 cts. per yard; what is the profit upon the whole piece?

Aus. $47, 60 cts. 2. Bought 12 cwt. of rice, at 3 dols. 45 cts. a cwt. and, sold it again at 4 cts. a pound; what was the whole gain? Ans. $12, 87 cts. 5m.

3. Bought 11 cwt. of sugar, at 64d. per lb. bit could not seil it again for any more than 27. 16s. per cwt.; did I gam or lose by my bargain? Ans. Lost, £2 11s. 4d. 4. Bought 44 lb. of tea for 67. 12s. and sold it again for 27. 10s. 6d.; what was the profit on each pound?

Ans. 101d

5. Bought a hhd. of molasses containing 119 gallons, at 52 cents per gallon; paid for carting the same I dollar 25 cents, and by accident 9 gallons leaked out; at what rate must I sell the remainder per gallon, to gain 13 dolfars in the whole? Ans. 69 cts. 2 m.+

II. To know what is gained or lost per cent.

RULE. First see what the gain or loss is by subtraction; then, As the price it cost is to the gain or loss: so is 1007. or $100, to the gain or loss per cent.

EXAMPLES.

1. If I buy Irish linen at 2s. per yard, and sell it again at 2s. 8d. per yard; what do I gain per cent. or in laying out 1007. As : 2s. 8d. : : 1007. : £33 6s. 8d. Ans.

of 2. If I buy broadcloth at 3 dols. 44 cts. per yard, and sell it again at 4 dols. 30 cts. per yard: what do I gain per ct. di in laying out 100 dollars?

3. If I buy a cwt. of cotton for 34 dcls. 86 cts. and sell it again at 41 cts. per lb. what do I gain or lose, and what per cent.?

$cts.

1 cwt. at 41 cts. per lb. comes to

46,48

As 34,86 : 11,62 :: 100: 331 Ans. 331 per cent. 4. Bought sugar at 81d. per lb. and sold it again at 47. 17s. per cwt. what did I gain per cent.?

Ans. £25 19s. 53d. 5. If I buy 12 hhds. of wine for 2047. and sell the same again at 14l. 17s. 6d. per hhd. do I gain or lose, and what Ans. I lose 121⁄2 per cent.

per cent. ?

6. At 14d, profit in a shilling, how much per cent.? Ans. £12 10s.