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" If four quantities are proportional, THE ORDER OF THE MEANS, OR OF THE EXTREMES, OR OF THE TERMS OF BOTH COUPLETS, MAY BE INVERTED, WITHOUT DESTROYING THE PROPORTION. "
An Introduction to Algebra: Being the First Part of a Course of Mathematics ... - Page 189
by Jeremiah Day - 1814 - 303 pages
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An Introduction to Algebra: Being the First Part of a Course of Mathematics ...

Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1827 - 352 pages
...quantities are proportional. If the two products are not equal, the quantities are not proportional. ^A 378. In mathematical investigations, when the relations...will not destroy the proportion. Thus, if a : b'. '.c : d, the order of these four quantities may be varied, in any way which will leave ad=bc. Hence,...
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A New Introduction to the Science of Algebra ...

Silas Totten - Algebra - 1836 - 332 pages
...fractions being equal, and the denominators the same, the numerators must also be equal ; and hence, the product of the means equal to the product of the extremes. (66.) The property of geometrical proportions which has just been proved, is the fundamental principle...
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A Practical and Theoretical System of Arithmetic: Containing Several New ...

George Willson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 194 pages
...is there between the product of the means, and the product of the extremes of a proportion ? Why is the product of the means equal to the product of the extremes ? ' What rule is founded on this equality ? Explain the common method of stating in the Single Rule...
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An Introduction to Algebra: Being the First Part of a Course of Mathematics ...

Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1841 - 354 pages
...given, they are frequently stated in the form of a proportion. But it is commonly necessary that ihis first proportion should pass through a number of transformations...products, will not destroy the proportion. Thus, if a : b : : c : d, the order of these four quantities may be varied, in any way which will leave ad=bc. Hence,...
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Elements of Algebra: Being an Abridgment of Day's Algebra, Adapted to the ...

James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1844 - 272 pages
...proportional. 343. It is evident that the terms of a proportion may undergo any change which will not destroy the equality of the ratios ; or which will leave the...of the means equal to the product of the extremes. These changes are numerous, but they may be reduced to a few general principles. CASE I. Changes in...
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The first principles of algebra, for the use of the boys of the Royal ...

Admiralty - 1845 - 152 pages
...equation, Divide by 13 .-. ж=12 61. An equation may be formed from 4 proportional quantities, by making the product of the means equal to the product of the extremes. Let the proportional quantities be x, y, a, b ; or x : y : : a : b. Vy-J (Art. 15.) .-. bx=ay. (Art....
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A New Practical and Theoretical Arithmetic: In which in Addition to the ...

Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1845 - 310 pages
...is there between the product of the means, and the product of the extremes of a proportion ? Why is the product of the means equal to the product of the extremes ? What rule is founded on this equality ? Explain the common method of stating in the Single Rule of...
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra: Designed to Facilitate the Comprehension ...

Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - Algebra - 1845 - 308 pages
...:: D : C; B : D : : A : C, &c. &c. From each of which we may readily derive the equation AD= CB, or the product of the means equal to the product of the extremes. Many other properties might be presented, but we limit ourselves to this short discussion, and proceed...
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An Introduction to Algebra: Being the First Part of a Course of Mathematics ...

Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1847 - 358 pages
...quantities are proportional. We have only to multiply the means together, and also the extremes. If the products are equal, the quantities are proportional....products, will not destroy the proportion. Thus, if a : b : : c : d, the order of these four quantities may be varied, in any way which will leave ad=bc. Hence,...
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Elements of Algebra: Being an Abridgment of Day's Algebra, Adapted to the ...

James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1847 - 266 pages
...is evident that the terms of a proportion may undergo any change which will not destroy the equn ity of the ratios ; or which will leave the product of the means equal to the product of the extremes. These changes are numerous, but they may be reduced to a few general principles. CASE I. Changes in...
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