 | John Bonnycastle - 1848 - 334 pages
...they meet ? Ans. 6 days 13 J hours. 21. There is a fish whose tail weighs 9 Ib., his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs...head and his tail ; what is the whole weight of the fish ? Ans. 72 Ib. 22. It is required to divide the number 10 into three such parts, that if the first... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1848 - 252 pages
...EXAMPLE FOB THE BOARD. There is a fish whose head weighs 9 pounds ; his tail weighs as much as his head and half his body ; and his body weighs as much as his head and toil both. What is the weight of the fish ? Let z — the weight of the body. In this example, if the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...There is a fish whose head weighs 15 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head and -J as much as his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail. What was the weight of the fish ? Ans. 721bs. 10. Suppose a clock to have an hour-hand, a minute-hand,... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1851 - 288 pages
...other 16 : in what time will they meet] 24. There is a fish whose tail weighs 9Z5.-, his head Weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs...head and his tail; what is the whole weight of the fish? Ans. 7276. Ans. 6 days 13f hours. 25. It is required to divide the number 10 into three such... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 384 pages
...dimensions ? 14. There is a fish, whose head weighs 9 pounds ; his tail weighs as much as his head and half his body ; and his body weighs as much as his head and tail both. What is the weight of the fish ? Ans. 72 Ib. 15. What would have been the width of the ravine,... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 398 pages
...dimensions ? 14. There is a fish, whose head weighs 9 pounds ; his tail weighs as much as his head and half his body ; and his body weighs as much as his head and tail both. What is the weight of the fish ? Ans. 72 Ib. XXI. APPROXIMATIONS. 93. MULTIPLICATION. In... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 388 pages
...the dimensions ? 14. There is a fish, whose head weighs 9 pounds; his tail weighs as much as his head and half his body ; and his body weighs as much as his head and tail both. What is the weight of the fish ? Ans. 72 Ib. XXI. APPROXIMATIONS. MULTIPLICATION. In MULTIPLICATION,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...days. 8. There is a fish whose head weighs 15 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head and £ of his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail. What is the weight of the fish? Ans. 721b. 9. If 12 oxen eat 3£ acres of grass in 4 weeks, and... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...There is a fish whose head weighs 14 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head and .fs as much as his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail. What is the weight of the fish ? Ans. 80Ib. 7. A man hired a laborer for 50 days, on condition... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Measurement - 1858 - 350 pages
...a fish the head of which weighs 15 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head and half as much as his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail. Bequired the weight of the fish. Ans. 72 pounds. 35. A certain grocer has only 5 weights ; with... | |
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There is a fish whoso tail weighs 9 pounds, his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail ; what is the whole weight of the fish ? Ans. 72 pounds. 
