 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 258 pages
...Then the difference of the extremes 24, must be 8 times the common difference, which is therefore 3. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one, and the quotient will be the common difference. This difference repeatedly added to the less,... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1845 - 196 pages
...12 for a farthing ? Ans. 86 L. 17 s. 10 d. CASE 2. When the two extremes and number of terms are 1 given, to find the common difference. RULE. Divide...difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one ; the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. Twenty and sixty are the two extremes... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1845 - 210 pages
...at 12 for a farthing ? Ans. 86 L. 17 S. 10 d. CASE 2. When the two extremes and number of terms arc RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one ; the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. Twenty and sixty are the two extremes... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1845 - 310 pages
...of the extreme terms, or mean term, by the number of terms. RULE 3. To find the common difference. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one. RULE 4. To find the number of terms. Divide the difference of the extreme terms by the common... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1846 - 258 pages
...basket? Ans. 5 miles, 1300 yards. CASE III. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms be ing given, to find the common difference. RULE. — (')...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. liiieslinn. — 1. How do you find the common difference? EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 2 and 53, and... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1846 - 274 pages
...first term, the last term, and the number of terms being given, to find the common difference. RULE I. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number...1, and the quotient will be the common difference sought. 1. The extremes are 3 and 39, and the number of terms is 19 ; what is the common dfference... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1846 - 266 pages
...first term, the last term, and the number of terms, to find the common difference, we have this • RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one,. EXAMPLES. 1. The first term of an arithmetical progression's 5, the last term is 176, and the... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 300 pages
...find the common difference. RULE. Subtract the less extreme from the greater, and divide the remainder by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common difference. It has been shown under Theorem 3d. that the difference of the extremes is found by multiplying the... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 342 pages
...RULE. Divide the whole number added or subtracted, by the number of additions or subtractions, that is, the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1, and the quotient is the number added or subtracted at one time, or the common difference. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. Z.... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 330 pages
...Divide the whole number added or subtracted, by the num ber of additions or subtractions, that is, the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1, and the quotient is the number added or subtracted at one time, or the common difference. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2.... | |
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PROBLEM II. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common diffcrenct. 
