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... ratio of one to the other . 16. Divide 21 apples equally a- 5. If wheat be worth 8 shillings mong 9 boys , how many will each a bushel , what is of a bushel receive ? worth ??? ? 17. At 12 cents a pound , how 6. If strawberries be worth ...
... ratio of one to the other . 16. Divide 21 apples equally a- 5. If wheat be worth 8 shillings mong 9 boys , how many will each a bushel , what is of a bushel receive ? worth ??? ? 17. At 12 cents a pound , how 6. If strawberries be worth ...
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... ratio ( 24. ) In the first example , the ratio of the quantities is as 4 to 6 , or £ = 1.5 , and the ratio of the prices , as 12 to 18 , or 18 = 1.5 ; and in the second , the ratio of the times is as 2 to 11 , or 5.5 , and the ratio of ...
... ratio ( 24. ) In the first example , the ratio of the quantities is as 4 to 6 , or £ = 1.5 , and the ratio of the prices , as 12 to 18 , or 18 = 1.5 ; and in the second , the ratio of the times is as 2 to 11 , or 5.5 , and the ratio of ...
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... ratio of the men , 4 to 8 = 2 , but the ratio of the times , 6 to 3. Now if we invert the first ratio , it becomes , 8 to 4 ; and we have two equal ratios , and consequently a proportion : i . e . 8 : 4 : 6 : 3 , or 8 : 6 :: 4 : 3 . By ...
... ratio of the men , 4 to 8 = 2 , but the ratio of the times , 6 to 3. Now if we invert the first ratio , it becomes , 8 to 4 ; and we have two equal ratios , and consequently a proportion : i . e . 8 : 4 : 6 : 3 , or 8 : 6 :: 4 : 3 . By ...
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... ratio ? How is ratio expressed ? What is the first term called ? the second term ? 2. What is proportion ? What general truth is stated respecting the four terms of a proportion ? How is this truth shown ? 3. Does changing the places of ...
... ratio ? How is ratio expressed ? What is the first term called ? the second term ? 2. What is proportion ? What general truth is stated respecting the four terms of a proportion ? How is this truth shown ? 3. Does changing the places of ...
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... ratio . 281. A person bought 6 brooms , giving 3 cents for the first , 6 cents for the second , 12 for the third , and so on , doubling the price to the sixth ; what was the price of the sixth ? or , in other words , if the first term ...
... ratio . 281. A person bought 6 brooms , giving 3 cents for the first , 6 cents for the second , 12 for the third , and so on , doubling the price to the sixth ; what was the price of the sixth ? or , in other words , if the first term ...
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acres amount angle apples Arithmetic beans remain boys bushels called Cash in full ciphers cloth cost common denominator common divisor compound compound interest contained cube root cubic decimal denoted diameter divide dividend division dollars dolls DRY MEASURE equal feet figure five beans foot four beans gain gallon given number greatest common divisor half Hence hundred hundredths inches interest lars least common multiple lemons length measure meration method miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply nine payment pence piece pound principal proper fraction proportion quantity quarter quarts QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE quotient ratio Reduce rods RULE RULE.-Multiply shillings side Simon Pond six beans sixth solid square root subtract tens tenths third three beans TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction weeks weight whole number worth write yards of cloth
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