 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1831 - 276 pages
...every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Had he worked every day, his wages would have been $ '75 X 50 = $ 37'50, that is, $ 10 more than... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - Arithmetic - 1832 - 294 pages
...day he was idle he should forfeit 37J cents; at the expiration of the time he received 18 dollars ; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Ans. He worked 36 days, and was idle 24. 29. Reduce -ffo to a fraction of the same value whose denominator... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1833 - 268 pages
...every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $27'50; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Had he worked every day, his wages would have beea $ '75 X 50 = $ 37'50, that is, $ 10 more than... | |
 | George Alfred - Arithmetic - 1834 - 336 pages
...day he was idle he should forfeit 25 cents ; at the expiration of the time, he received $27.50cts. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? let. Suppose he worked 30 days, 2d. Suppose he worked 36 days, then he was idle 20, of course : then... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 264 pages
...idle, he should pay 40 cents for his boarding. At the expiration of the time, he received 30 dolls. How many days did he work;' and how many was he idle ? Ans. Wrought 45 days, and idle 15. 5. Divide 15 into two such parts, so that when the greater is multiplied... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1837 - 296 pages
...every day he was absent he should forfeit 8d. : now, at the end of the time he had to receive 1/. 11s. 8d. : how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Let the number of days that he worked be denoted by ж. Then will 40 — x be the number of days... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...every day he was idle he should forfeit ls.8d. At the expiration of the time, he received ,£3 15s. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle? Answer, he worked 35 days, and was idle 25. 96. A, B and C traded in company, and gained £350, of... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1838 - 218 pages
...day he was idle ; at settlement he received б dollars, how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Ans. He wrought 30 days, and was idle 10. EXCHANGE. Í The object of exchange is to find how much of th€ money of one country is equivalent... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...for every day he was idle he should pay $ ,30 ; and at the expiration of the time he received $31,80. How many days did he work and how many was he idle ? Ans. he worked 48 days, and was idle 22. 8. A farmer having driven his cattle to market received for them all... | |
 | Andrew Bell (writer on mathematics.) - 1839 - 500 pages
...10 pence for his maintenance. After his engagement expired, the sum he received was 25 shillings : how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Let x = number of days he was idle, then 30 — x — ... ... worked, also 15 (30 — x) = wages... | |
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A man was hired 50 days on these conditions. — that, for every day he worked, he should receive $ '75, and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work... 
