Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, 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 P 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 cost is to the gain or loss : so is 1007 . or $ 100 , to the ...
... gain 13 dol- lars in the whole P 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 cost is to the gain or loss : so is 1007 . or $ 100 , to the ...
Page 142
... gain or lass , & c . EXAMPLES . 1. Bought 164 yards of broadcloth , at 14s . Ed . per vd . ready money , and sold the same again for 1547 , 10s , on 6 months credit ; what did I gain by the whole ; allow- ing discount at 6 per cent . a ...
... gain or lass , & c . EXAMPLES . 1. Bought 164 yards of broadcloth , at 14s . Ed . per vd . ready money , and sold the same again for 1547 , 10s , on 6 months credit ; what did I gain by the whole ; allow- ing 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 . ont by acculent 10 gallons leaked out , at what rate must I sell the remainder per gallon to gain upon the whole prime cost , at the ...
... gain 30 per cent . ? Ans . 12cts . 8m . 6. Bought 90 gallons of wine at 1 dol . 20 cts . per gall . ont by acculent 10 gallons leaked out , at what rate must I sell the remainder per gallon to gain upon the whole prime cost , at the ...
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... gain 15 pez cert . 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 ...
... gain 15 pez cert . 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 ...
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100 dollars 2qrs annex annuity annum answer Anthony Billings barter Bought bushels cloth compound interest contain cube root cyphers Deduct demand dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES federal money figure Find the value gain or loss gallon given number given sum gross guineas hhds hogshead hundred improper fraction inches least common least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure miles mills milreas mixed numbers months Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey New-York currency NOTE Nova-Scotia currency number of shillings paid payment pence piece pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three sell separatrix simple interest sold solid feet Sqrs square root sterling subtract subtrahend sugar tare third Thomas Grosvenor trett VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine