 | Samuel Webber - 1808 - 466 páginas
...— 5B=20t^ price of the doth. 5. A person bought a number of oxen for 801. and if he had bought 4 more for the same money, he would have paid *1. less for each ; how many did he buy ? Suppose he bought x oxen, And - = price of each, if ^+4 had cost 801. 8O . RO But — = -- f-1 by... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1813 - 456 páginas
...consequently 20/. = price of the cloth. 5. A person bought a number of sheep for 80?., and if he had bought 4 more for the same money, he would have paid 1/. less for each ; how many did he buy ? Let x represent the number of sheep, 80 Then will — be the price of each, 80 And — 7 = price... | |
 | Miles Bland - 1821 - 898 páginas
...extracting the root, x + 16 = ± 36 ; Л x = 20, or — 52, and consequently A put £20 into trade. have paid .€1 less for each. How many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? Let x = the number of sheep bought ; then -^ = the price of one (in pounds),... | |
 | Miles Bland - 1824 - 404 páginas
...put £. 20 into trade. . A person bought some sheep for £. 72 ; and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £. 1 less for each. How many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? Let т = the number of sheep bought; 72 then — = the price of one (m pounds),... | |
 | William Smyth - 1830 - 278 páginas
...money did A put into trade -^!b~ 4. A person bought some sheep for £72 ; and found if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £1 less for each. How many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? 5. A and B set out from two towns, which were distant 247 miles, and travelled... | |
 | George Peacock - 1830 - 732 páginas
...in the following problem. " A person bought some sheep for £?2, and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £ 1 • less for each : How many sheep did he buy ?" If we convert buying into selling, more intojeivcr, paying into receiving, less... | |
 | William Smyth - 1833 - 288 páginas
...square, the remainder will be 65. 3. A person bought some sheep for £72 ; and found if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £ 1 less for each. How many did he buy ? Let x = the number, we have 72 72 _ ~x — x~+~6 — l from which we obtain x=18, or — 24. To interpret... | |
 | James Bryce - 1837 - 322 páginas
...separately? Ans. 26 and 38. 50. A person bought some sheep for £72, and found that, if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £ 1 less for each. Required the number bought, and the price of each. Ans. The number was 18, and the price of each £4.... | |
 | Alfred Wrigley - 1845 - 222 páginas
...them, and the difference of their squares exceeds by 1 the square of double the other. had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £1 less for each. How many sheep did he buy ? 599. The sum of two numbers is 6, and the sum of their cubes is 72 : find them.... | |
 | William Smyth - 1855 - 370 páginas
...square, the remainder will be 65. 2. A person bought some sheep for £ 72 ; and found if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £ 1 less for each. How many did he buy ? Let x = the number, we have 72 72 x — ~ ' from which we obtain x = 18, or — 24. To interpret... | |
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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 ? 
