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... PROPORTION , 199 CHAPTER XI . 192 INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION , Involution , Evolution , Questions Involving the Prin- ciples of Square Root , Cube Root , • Practical Questions in Cube Root , · Propositions , 200 Rule of Three , or Simple ...
... PROPORTION , 199 CHAPTER XI . 192 INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION , Involution , Evolution , Questions Involving the Prin- ciples of Square Root , Cube Root , • Practical Questions in Cube Root , · Propositions , 200 Rule of Three , or Simple ...
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... proportion of 5 to 3 ; how much must each one receive ? Ans . { S 350 dollars , A's share . 210 dollars , B's share . REMARK . Since the two parts are to be to each other as 5 to 3 , we must divide the 560 dollars into 5 + 3 which is 8 ...
... proportion of 5 to 3 ; how much must each one receive ? Ans . { S 350 dollars , A's share . 210 dollars , B's share . REMARK . Since the two parts are to be to each other as 5 to 3 , we must divide the 560 dollars into 5 + 3 which is 8 ...
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... proportion- ally ; hence , the value of the fraction is multiplied by the same number , if the numerator , that is , the number of parts taken , remains the same . PROPOSITION 3. - Multiplying the denominator of a frac tion by any ...
... proportion- ally ; hence , the value of the fraction is multiplied by the same number , if the numerator , that is , the number of parts taken , remains the same . PROPOSITION 3. - Multiplying the denominator of a frac tion by any ...
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... proportion of 7 to 11 ; how much ought each to receive ? Ans . A should receive 210 acres . B 66 ( 6 330 ( 6 23 A tree , whose length was 136 feet , was broken into two pieces by falling ; of the length of the longer piece equaled of ...
... proportion of 7 to 11 ; how much ought each to receive ? Ans . A should receive 210 acres . B 66 ( 6 330 ( 6 23 A tree , whose length was 136 feet , was broken into two pieces by falling ; of the length of the longer piece equaled of ...
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... proportion to their real estate * and personal pro perty , except the poll - tax , which is so much for each mal individual over 21 years of age , regardless of his property . Before taxes are assessed , an inventory of all taxable ...
... proportion to their real estate * and personal pro perty , except the poll - tax , which is so much for each mal individual over 21 years of age , regardless of his property . Before taxes are assessed , an inventory of all taxable ...
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Page 192 - If the payment be less than the Interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal ; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due...
Page 85 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day...
Page 79 - Weight is used in weighing groceries ana all coarse articles ; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay; &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton,
Page 6 - Romans, employs in expressing numbers seven capital letters, viz. : I for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; C for one hundred ; D for five hundred ; M for one thousand.
Page 189 - Given the principal, the time, and the interest, to find the rate per cent. RULE. Divide the given interest by the interest of the given principal, for the given time, at one per cent.
Page 63 - Place the sum down as in the last example, then mark off from the right of the dividend as many figures as there are ciphers in the divisor...
Page 117 - RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator ; then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 277 - A person looking on his watch, was asked, what was the time of the .day ; he answered, it is between 4 and 5 ; but A more particular answer being required, he said, that the hour and minute hands were then exactly together.
Page 192 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 233 - Multiply the last term by the ratio, from the product subtract the first term, and divide the remainder by the ratio, less 1; the quotient will be the sum of the series required.