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Page 106
Bought 200 yards of cambrick for 90l . but being damaged , I am willing to lose 71
. 10s . by the sale of it ; what must I demand per Ell - English ? Ans . 10s . 3 d . 45.
How many pieces of Holland , each 20 Ells - Flemish , may I have for 231.
Bought 200 yards of cambrick for 90l . but being damaged , I am willing to lose 71
. 10s . by the sale of it ; what must I demand per Ell - English ? Ans . 10s . 3 d . 45.
How many pieces of Holland , each 20 Ells - Flemish , may I have for 231.
Page 107
Bought a pipe of wine for 84 dollars , and found it had looked out 12 wallons ; I
sold the remainder at 12 } cents a pint ; what did I gain or lose ? Ans . I gained $
30 . 18. A genileman bought 18 pipes of wine at 128 6d . ( New - Jersey currency
) ...
Bought a pipe of wine for 84 dollars , and found it had looked out 12 wallons ; I
sold the remainder at 12 } cents a pint ; what did I gain or lose ? Ans . I gained $
30 . 18. A genileman bought 18 pipes of wine at 128 6d . ( New - Jersey currency
) ...
Page 140
... LOSS AND GAIN , Is a rule by which merchants and traders discover their profit
or loss in buying and selling their goods : it also instructs them how to rise or fall
in the price of their goods , so as to gain or lose so much per cent . or otherwise .
... LOSS AND GAIN , Is a rule by which merchants and traders discover their profit
or loss in buying and selling their goods : it also instructs them how to rise or fall
in the price of their goods , so as to gain or lose so much per cent . or otherwise .
Page 141
Sócts . and sell it again at 411 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 Prime cost 34,86 3 , 44 1
1 Gained in the gross , $ 11,62 As 34,86 : 11,62 : : 100 : 33 } Ans . 33 } per cent . 4
.
Sócts . and sell it again at 411 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 Prime cost 34,86 3 , 44 1
1 Gained in the gross , $ 11,62 As 34,86 : 11,62 : : 100 : 33 } Ans . 33 } per cent . 4
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Page 142
16 cts . per yard , on eight months credit , and sell it again at 3 dols . 90 cts . per
yd . ready money , what do I lose per cent . allowing 6 per cent . discount on the
purchase price ? Ans . 21 per cent . III . To know how a commodity must be sold ...
16 cts . per yard , on eight months credit , and sell it again at 3 dols . 90 cts . per
yd . ready money , what do I lose per cent . allowing 6 per cent . discount on the
purchase price ? Ans . 21 per cent . III . To know how a commodity must be sold ...
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| Title | Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetick, Adapted to the United States |
| Author | Nathan Daboll |
| Publisher | Mack and Andrus, 1827 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 252 pages |
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