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Hence , when the extremes and number of terms are given , to find the common difference , Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms , less 1 , and the quotient will be the common difference . 6.
Hence , when the extremes and number of terms are given , to find the common difference , Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms , less 1 , and the quotient will be the common difference . 6.
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| Title | Adams's New Arithmetic: Arithmetic, in which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained and Synthetically Applied |
| Author | Daniel Adams |
| Publisher | J. Prentiss, 1810 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 180 pages |
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