 | John Bonnycastle - 1806 - 464 páginas
...others were taken. In the second method, having stated the proportion, according to the proper rule, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the fourth term required, for the natural numbers. Or, in working by logarithms,... | |
 | James Thompson - 1808 - 176 páginas
...first term ; and that which is of the same name or quality with the answer required, the second term. Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. The quotient will be the fourth term or answer, in the same name or denomination as the second term... | |
 | Robert Gibson - 1811 - 580 páginas
...be as much greater, or less than the third, as the second term is greater, or less than the first, then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term, and the quotient will be the answer ; — in the same denomination with the third term. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | 1811 - 210 páginas
...lowest in either ; and 5f the third consist of several denominations, reduce it to the lowest thereof: then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term : the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the third term. PROOF. Invert the... | |
 | Francis Nichols - 1811 - 162 páginas
...analogy be formed according to the proper rule above delivered; then, if the natural numbers be used, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first; the quotient will be the fourth term required. If logarithms be used, add the logarithms of the second... | |
 | Oliver Welch - 1812 - 236 páginas
...same denomination ; and reduce the middle number, or term, into the lowest denomination mentioned : then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first ; the quotient will be the answer, or fourth term sought ; and always will be of the same depomiiuition... | |
 | John Gough - 1813 - 358 páginas
...fraction must be of th« same name or kind, and reduced to fractions of the same name or denominator. Multiply the second and third terms together and divide the product by the first; the quotient is the fourth term required ; due regard being had to the rules laid down for multiplying,... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1814 - 540 páginas
...in either. Likewise the second term must be reduced to the lowest denomination mentioned in it. IV. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first ; the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer, in the same denomination into which the second term... | |
 | John Poole - 1815 - 170 páginas
...namely, shillings. Q. Having attended to the three given terms, what do you proceed to do next? — A. I multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. Q. Is not this last mentioned operation the main rule in the Rule of Three Direct?— A. Yes. Q. In... | |
 | George G. Carey - 1818 - 602 páginas
...means. Hence results the following rule for finding a fourth proportional to three given numbers. BULE. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, and the quotient is the answer, or fourth proportional. EXAMPLE I. Required a fourth proportional to... | |
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Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 
