 | Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 298 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... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1837 - 314 pages
...then, 25 ~5 = ¿years, the common difference. Л. 5 years Hence, Toßnd the Common Difference ; — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number...terms, less 1 , and the quotient will be the common. аЖлеокА, S. Ifthe extremes bo 3 and 23, uncHYm narnb« oï\»TO» \\,чй»»Л»'*» "»»•... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1837 - 262 pages
...returning Tvitb them one by one to the basket ? Ans. 23 mili-.s, б furlongs, 180yds. PROBLEM II. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 3 and 29, and the number of terms 14, what is the common difference ?... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 194 pages
...a side ? I" 175 in the last row. Ans. .} 7744 in all. L 88 bricks on a side. PROBLEM III.: — The first term, the last term, and the number of terms...1, 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... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 194 pages
...on a side ? (" 175 in the last row. Ans. 1 7744 in all. ! 88 bricks on a side. PROBLEM III. — The first term, the last term, and the number of terms..., 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... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...travel the last day T Ans. 33 miles.. The fast term, last term, and number of terms given, tofind tht common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. A man bought 17 yards of cloth in arithmetical progression. For the first yard he gave... | |
 | George Hutton (arithmetic master, King's coll. sch.) - 1844 - 276 pages
...-:- 7 = 3, the common difference; and the whole series 3 : 6 : 9 : 12 : 15: 18 : 21: 24. Hence the RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the...and the quotient will be the " common difference, or ratio of the progression. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. The first term of an arithmetical progression... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1844 - 254 pages
...first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. ROLE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 . and the (lnotirn* will he the common diffetonoe. i EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 3 and 29, and the number of... | |
 | Charles WATERHOUSE - Arithmetic - 1844 - 228 pages
...first term, last term, and number of terms, to find tiie common difference ; or sum of all the terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1, the quotient will be the difference. Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and half... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1844 - 246 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,... | |
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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. 
