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... decimals . The nature of roots and powers has been more fully explained in the present edition , and several new diagrams introduced for their elucidation . Throughout the second part , it has been our main object to Mark Leb.
... decimals . The nature of roots and powers has been more fully explained in the present edition , and several new diagrams introduced for their elucidation . Throughout the second part , it has been our main object to Mark Leb.
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... present example we add a cipher to 16 , making 160 dollars for the answer . 6. A certain army is made up of 125 companies , consisting of 100 men each ; how many men are there in the whole ? For the reasons given under example 5 , a ...
... present example we add a cipher to 16 , making 160 dollars for the answer . 6. A certain army is made up of 125 companies , consisting of 100 men each ; how many men are there in the whole ? For the reasons given under example 5 , a ...
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... present wine gallon . But in time became customary to use a larger measure in selling cheap liquors , and this custom at length established the beer measure , which bears about the same proportion to wine measure that avoirdupois does ...
... present wine gallon . But in time became customary to use a larger measure in selling cheap liquors , and this custom at length established the beer measure , which bears about the same proportion to wine measure that avoirdupois does ...
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... present example , half the months is 2 , and if there were no odd days , we should write down 2 cents , 5 mills , or 0.025 for the multiplier ; but when there is an odd month and days , as in the present case , it is as well to call the ...
... present example , half the months is 2 , and if there were no odd days , we should write down 2 cents , 5 mills , or 0.025 for the multiplier ; but when there is an odd month and days , as in the present case , it is as well to call the ...
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... present worth of $ 1.09 , due 18 months hence , the present worth of any other sum , at the same rate and for the same time , is evidently as many dollars as the num- ber of times that sum contains $ 1.09 . Hence to find the present ...
... present worth of $ 1.09 , due 18 months hence , the present worth of any other sum , at the same rate and for the same time , is evidently as many dollars as the num- ber of times that sum contains $ 1.09 . Hence to find the present ...
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Page 82 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 89 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and 30.
Page 111 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 164 - EF or his certain attorney, his executors, administrators or assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents ; Sealed with my seal.
Page 103 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 2 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 167 - That they are free of all incumbrances : That I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Elvin Fairface : And that I will warrant and defend the same premises to the said Elvin, his heirs and assigns for ever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
Page 80 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 111 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 70 - B. $380, to be paid as follows: $100 in 6 months, $120 in 7 months, and $160 in 10 months. What is the equated time for the payment of the whole ? Ans.