Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetick, Adapted to the United States |
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... GAIN , Is a rule by which merchants and traders discover their profit or loss in buying and selling their goods : it also in- structs them how to rise or fall in the price of their goods , so as to gain or lose so much per cent . or ...
... GAIN , Is a rule by which merchants and traders discover their profit or loss in buying and selling their goods : it also in- structs them how to rise or fall in the price of their goods , so as to gain or lose so much per cent . or ...
Page 141
... gain 13 dol- lars in the whole ? Ans . 69cts . 2m . + ̧ II . To know what is gained or lost per cent . RULE . First see what the gain or loss is by subtraction ; then As the price it cost is to the gain or loss : so is 1007. or $ 100 ...
... gain 13 dol- lars in the whole ? Ans . 69cts . 2m . + ̧ II . To know what is gained or lost per cent . RULE . First see what the gain or loss is by subtraction ; then As the price it cost is to the gain or loss : so is 1007. or $ 100 ...
Page 142
... gain or loss , & c . EXAMPLES . 1. Bought 164 yards of broadcloth , at 14s . 6d . per yd . ready money , and sold the same again for 1547. 10s . on 6 months credit ; what did I gain by the whole ; allowing discount at 6 per cent . a ...
... gain or loss , & c . EXAMPLES . 1. Bought 164 yards of broadcloth , at 14s . 6d . per yd . ready money , and sold the same again for 1547. 10s . on 6 months credit ; what did I gain by the whole ; allowing discount at 6 per cent . a ...
Page 143
... gain 30 per cent . ? Ans . 12cts.8m . 6. Bought 90 gallons of wine at 1 dol . 20 cts . per . gall but by accident 10 gallons leaked out , at what rate must I sell the remainder per gallon to gain upon the whole prime cost , at the rate ...
... gain 30 per cent . ? Ans . 12cts.8m . 6. Bought 90 gallons of wine at 1 dol . 20 cts . per . gall but by accident 10 gallons leaked out , at what rate must I sell the remainder per gallon to gain upon the whole prime cost , at the rate ...
Page 143
... gain 15 per cent . what shall I gain per cent . if I sell it at 6s . per yard ? S. £ . S. £ . As 5 115 6 : 138 Ans . gained 38 per cent . 2. If I retail rum at 1 dollar 50 cents per gallon , and thereby gain 25 per cent . what shall I ...
... gain 15 per cent . what shall I gain per cent . if I sell it at 6s . per yard ? S. £ . S. £ . As 5 115 6 : 138 Ans . gained 38 per cent . 2. If I retail rum at 1 dollar 50 cents per gallon , and thereby gain 25 per cent . what shall I ...
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100 dollars 2qrs 3grs 3qrs acres annuity annum answer Anthony Billings arithmetical series Bought bushels ciphers common difference compound interest containing decimal Deduct dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES farthings federal money figure Find the value gain or loss gallon geometrical series given number given sum gross hundred improper fraction inches least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure merchants miles mills milreas mixed numbers months Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey New-York NOTE Nova-Scotia currency number of shillings number of terms paid payment pence pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three sell separatrix share shillings simple interest sold square root sterling subtract subtrahend tare third Thomas Grosvenor tret tuns VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine