A portable cyclopędia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
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... quantity consists of one part s : term , as 1 , —ubc ; 2 compound quan- tity of more than one , connected by the signs + or ; as , a + b , a - b + c , are com pound quantities . 1 tire are two terms it is called a binomial , if three a ...
... quantity consists of one part s : term , as 1 , —ubc ; 2 compound quan- tity of more than one , connected by the signs + or ; as , a + b , a - b + c , are com pound quantities . 1 tire are two terms it is called a binomial , if three a ...
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... quantities are multiplied together , any of them is termed a factor of the product . The products arising from the continual multiplication of the same quantity are named its powers , and is the root . Thus aa , ana , & c . are powers ...
... quantities are multiplied together , any of them is termed a factor of the product . The products arising from the continual multiplication of the same quantity are named its powers , and is the root . Thus aa , ana , & c . are powers ...
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... quantity given being multipli , d by itself is the square of that qua tity , the product multiplied by the given quantity will give its cube , and that multiplied again by the given quant ty wil be the fourth power thereof , and so on ...
... quantity given being multipli , d by itself is the square of that qua tity , the product multiplied by the given quantity will give its cube , and that multiplied again by the given quant ty wil be the fourth power thereof , and so on ...
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... quantity is expressed by placing the radical sigu or before it , with a figure denoting the denomination of the root . 2- Thus the square root of a a or 3 Examples . a + al + b ; ( a + b 02 2ab + b2 Yal ÷ 6 0 0 xx - ax + faa ( x − 1a ...
... quantity is expressed by placing the radical sigu or before it , with a figure denoting the denomination of the root . 2- Thus the square root of a a or 3 Examples . a + al + b ; ( a + b 02 2ab + b2 Yal ÷ 6 0 0 xx - ax + faa ( x − 1a ...
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... quantities by placing he sign between them . 2. Equations containing only one un- nown quantity and its powers are divid- dinto orders according to the highest pow- r of the unknown quantity to be found n any of its terms . fthe highest ...
... quantities by placing he sign between them . 2. Equations containing only one un- nown quantity and its powers are divid- dinto orders according to the highest pow- r of the unknown quantity to be found n any of its terms . fthe highest ...
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