 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...supposition and demand, and the second of the same kind with the answer required. 2. Bring 3. Multiply the second and third terms together, divide the product...by the first, and the quotient will be the answer. NOTE 1. 2. Bring the first and third numbers into the same denomination, and the second into the lowest... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Trigonometry - 1806 - 464 pages
...stated the proportion, according to the proper rule, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the fourth term required, for the natural numbers. Or, in working by logarithms, add the logarithms of... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1807 - 248 pages
...but, if less, place the greater for the first, and the remaining one for the second term. 2. Multiply the second and third terms together, divide the product...by the first, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. If 30 horses plough 12 acres, how many will 40 plough in the same time? OPERATION^ HH... | |
 | James Noyes - Arithmetic - 1808 - 168 pages
...first term ; and that which is of the same name with the answer required, the second term. 2. Multiply the second and third terms together, divide the product...by the first, and the quotient will be the answer. Note \ , Whefi the second term consists of more than one denomination, reduce it to the lowest mentioned... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Algebra - 1808 - 470 pages
...then proceed as in the common method, by multiplying the second and third terms together, and dividing the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer, in the same name as the third term was reduced into. 54. If 15 yards of cloth cost 55. If 12 men can do ajobb ,... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...product by the middle term ; divide the last product by the product of the terms in the first place, and the quotient will be the answer, in the same denomination as the middle term. • . • PROOF. By two statings in the Single Rule of Three, Note. — If either of the... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Arithmetic - 1812 - 260 pages
...multiplied by the quantity, is the price of the whole ; and in Division, that the price of 3. Multiply the second and third terms together, divide the product...by the first, and the quotient will be the answer. the whole, divided by the quantity is the price of one. Now,. in all cases of valuing goods, 8cc. where... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Arithmetic - 1812 - 274 pages
...second into the lowest denomination mentioned. 3. Multiply the second and third numbers together, and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer, * in the same denomination as that in which the second number wus left. * If there be a remainder after division, it is always of... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1815 - 250 pages
...Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together^ and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the Answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. \ ' EXAMPLE8. 1. If 12 men can build a wall in 20 days, how many wen... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1816 - 222 pages
...; but if less, place the greater for the first, and the remaining one for the second term. Multiply the second and third terms together, divide the product by the first, and thé quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. \. If SO horses plough 12 acres, how many will 40 plough... | |
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... for the second term, and the other for the first. IK. Finally, multiplying the second and third terms together, divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the third term. 
