 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...numbers ? Ans-.j and 18. 7. A person bought cloth for 33!. i5s. which he sold, again at 2!. 8s. per piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him ; required the number of pieces. Ans. 15. 8. What number is that, which being divided by the product... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1811 - 230 pages
...numbers ? Ans. 3 and 18. 7. A person bought cloth for 331. 15s. which he sold again at 21. 8s. per piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him; required the number, of' pieces. Ans. 15. 8. What number is that, whicn, when divided by the product... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1813 - 456 pages
...numhers. Ans. 8 and 13 11. A person bought cloth for 33/. 15*., which he sold again at 2/. 8*. per piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him ; required the number of pieces. Ans. 15 12. What two numbers are those, whose sum, multiplied by the... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1818 - 254 pages
...conditions required. , QUESTION 4. A person bought cloth for 331. 15s. which he sold again at '21. 8s. per piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him ; Required the number of pieces. Let x=the number of pieces. i 675 • • . • "• . ' Then —... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1818 - 284 pages
...numbers. Ans. 8 and 13 11. A person bought cloth for 33/. 15s. which he sold again at £/. 8s. per piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him ; required the number of pieces. Ans. 15 M 12. What two numbers are those, whose sum, multiplied by... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1821 - 284 pages
...conditions required. QUESTION 4. A person bought cloth for 33l. 15s. which he sold again at 2/. 8s. per piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him ; Required the number of pieces. Let Let ж= the number of pieces. Then — — = number of shillings... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...of the question. EXAM. V. Л merchant taught cloth for 33i. 15«. which he sold again at 2l. 8s. per piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him : what did lie gain by the bargain ? So/«. Let * = the number of -pieces. Then • = the number of íAí7/jngí... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1825 - 336 pages
...the numbers. Ans. 8 and 18 11. A person bought cloth for 331. 15s. which he sold again at 2/. 8s. per piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him ; required the number of pieces. Ans. 15 12. What two numbers are those, whose sum, multiplied by the... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1827 - 352 pages
...two such parts, that their product shall be 640. Putting x for one of the parts, we have, z=28+-12=40 or 16. In this case, the two values of the unknown...15. Prob. 11. A and B started together, for a place 1 50 miles distant. ,4's hourly progress was 3 miles more than B's, and he arrived at his journey's... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1835 - 378 pages
...? Ans. 75. 6. A merchant bought cloth for which he paid £33 15*, which he sold again at £2 8s per piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him : how many pieces did he buy ? Ans. 15. 7. What number is that, which, being divided by the product... | |
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A gentleman bought a number of pieces of cloth for 675 dollars, which he sold again at 48 dollars by the piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him. What was the number of pieces ? Ans. 15. 
