Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors, and Intended to be the Text-book of the Course of Private Lectures on These Sciences in the University at Cambridge, Volume 1W. Hilliard, 1808 - Mathematics |
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... unknown , or required quantities , by the last letters , as x , y , z . NOTE . The signs , or characters , explained at the begin- ning of Arithmetic , have the same signification in Algebra . 3. Those quantities , before which the sign ...
... unknown , or required quantities , by the last letters , as x , y , z . NOTE . The signs , or characters , explained at the begin- ning of Arithmetic , have the same signification in Algebra . 3. Those quantities , before which the sign ...
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... unknown which is the great- er of the two , we write them thus , a cn b , which denotes the difference of a and b . 9. Powers of the same quantities or factors are the pro- ducts of their multiplication : thus axa , or aa , denotes the ...
... unknown which is the great- er of the two , we write them thus , a cn b , which denotes the difference of a and b . 9. Powers of the same quantities or factors are the pro- ducts of their multiplication : thus axa , or aa , denotes the ...
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... unknown quantity , in its simple form , or not raised to any power . Thus , x - a + b = c is a simple equation , containing only the unknown quantity x . Reduction of equations is the method of finding the value of the unknown quantity ...
... unknown quantity , in its simple form , or not raised to any power . Thus , x - a + b = c is a simple equation , containing only the unknown quantity x . Reduction of equations is the method of finding the value of the unknown quantity ...
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... unknown term be multiplied by any quantity , that quantity may be taken away by dividing all the other terms of the equation by it . Thus , if ax - ab - a , then will x - b - 1 . And if 2x + 4 = 16 , then will x + 2 = 8 , and x = 8—2—6 ...
... unknown term be multiplied by any quantity , that quantity may be taken away by dividing all the other terms of the equation by it . Thus , if ax - ab - a , then will x - b - 1 . And if 2x + 4 = 16 , then will x + 2 = 8 , and x = 8—2—6 ...
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... unknown quantity , be a complete power , it may be reduced by extract- ing the root of the said power from both sides of the equa- tion . Thus , if x2 + 6x + 9 = 25 , then will x + 3 = 25 = 5 , or x = 5 -3 = 2 . And , if 3x - 9-21 + 3 ...
... unknown quantity , be a complete power , it may be reduced by extract- ing the root of the said power from both sides of the equa- tion . Thus , if x2 + 6x + 9 = 25 , then will x + 3 = 25 = 5 , or x = 5 -3 = 2 . And , if 3x - 9-21 + 3 ...
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Page 139 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
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