A Treatise on Algebra: Arithmetical algebraJ. & J. J. Deighton, 1842 |
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... ratios and proportions and various subt questions of commercial arithmetic connected with them , of ce the solution of indeterminate problems of the first degree , forn b X PREFACE . and of several important propositions in the.
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... ratios and proportions 22 . CHAPTER V. the exp ables On the solution of equations ....... 205 order CHAPTER VI . For , w from , On arithmetical , geometrical and harmonical progressions or 275 series order subtra CHAPTER VII . formed ...
... ratios and proportions 22 . CHAPTER V. the exp ables On the solution of equations ....... 205 order CHAPTER VI . For , w from , On arithmetical , geometrical and harmonical progressions or 275 series order subtra CHAPTER VII . formed ...
... Chapter ) by a continued indefinite fraction with quotients recurring in periods . We shall discuss the subject of incommensurable quantities or numbers at some length in the Chapter on Ratios and Proportions . cq d C p ' = p ' + and 120.
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... point out their general relation to each other , and also the extent to which they are capable of being compared with each other by means of the ordinary processes of arithmetic . U CHAPTER IV . The term ratio . In what manner 153.
... point out their general relation to each other , and also the extent to which they are capable of being compared with each other by means of the ordinary processes of arithmetic . U CHAPTER IV . The term ratio . In what manner 153.
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... RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS . 257. THE term ratio in ordinary language , is used to express the relation which exists between two quantities of the same kind with respect to magnitude : thus we speak of the ratio of two numbers , of two ...
... RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS . 257. THE term ratio in ordinary language , is used to express the relation which exists between two quantities of the same kind with respect to magnitude : thus we speak of the ratio of two numbers , of two ...
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a₁ arith arithmetical algebra arithmetical series coefficient complete quotient consequently considered continued fraction continued product converging fractions corresponding cube denoted determined divided dividend division divisor equal equation expressed final digit finite number following are examples geometrical given greater greatest common measure identical inasmuch indeterminate equations involve known terms last Article last term least common multiple less magnitudes means metical minuend modulus multiplicand number of combinations number of days number of terms operation ordinary preceding primary unit primitive problem proposition quadratic quadratic equations quadratic surds quantities ratio recurring decimal reduced replace represent resolvend respectively result rule scale shewn similar manner square root subordinate units subtract subtrahend surds Symbolical Algebra third tion Transposing unknown numbers unknown symbols whole number zero
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 34 - The product of the sum and difference of two numbers is equal to the difference of their squares.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 173 - If the first has to the second the same ratio which the third has to the fourth...
Página 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.