 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 250 pages
...and 7 dolls. 40 cts. for the last yard. What did the whole come to ? Ans. 72 dollars 20 cents, * The first term, the last term, and the number of terms,...difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one, and the quotient will be the common difference, or fourth term. Or, from the second term subtract... | |
 | John Rose - Arithmetic - 1835 - 180 pages
...When descending ? When the extremes and number of terms are gitffen, to find the common difference. Divide the difference of the extremes, by the number...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 1. If the extremes be 5 and 605, and the number of terms 151 ; what is the common difference 1 Ans.... | |
 | Charles Potts - Arithmetic - 1835 - 180 pages
...basket ? Ans. 11 miles, 3 furlongs, 180 yards. CASE 2. When the two extremes, and number of terms are given to find the common difference. RULE. Divide...difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1 ; the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 3 and 19, and the number... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1835 - 198 pages
...extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference. ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION. 173 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... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1836 - 192 pages
...175 in the last row. Ans. -f 7744 in all. i 88 bricks on a side. PROBLEM III. — The first term, ths last term, and the number of terms given, to find..., and the quotient will be the common difference. 6. In a school there are 8 scholars, -whose ages differ alike; the youngest is 4 years old, and the... | |
 | William Ruger (A.B.) - Arithmetic - 1836 - 274 pages
...difference of the hammer of a clock's striking. CASE III.— The extremes and number of terms being given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide...the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will bejbe common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. A merchant sold 200 yards -of cloth; for the first yard he received... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1836 - 284 pages
...ft. 5 years. Hence, Toßnd the Common Difference ; — Divide the difference of the extremes by thn number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common шйегепсе. 2. If the extremos be 3 and 33, and the number of terms 11, wi*» i» the onm mon... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 256 pages
...Therefore — When the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, we have this RULE : Divide the difference of the extremes, by the...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 7. If the first term of a series be 3, the last term 276, and the number of terms 40, what is the common... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1837 - 247 pages
...first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. R ULK. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number..., and the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 3 and 29, and the number ,if i«rc* 14, what is the common difference... | |
 | Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 272 pages
...and number of terms are given, to find the common difference. Q. What is the RULE in this case ? A. Divide the difference of the extremes, by the number...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. % EXAMPLES. 1. In an arithmetical series, the extremes are 3, and 27, »" " the number of terms, 13... | |
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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. 
