 | Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 216 pages
...day he wrought, and forfeit 10 cents for every day he was idle; at settlement he received 5 dollars ; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle 1 Ans. Wrought 30 days, idle 10 8. A and B vested equal sums in trade ; A gained a sum equal to i of... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 316 pages
...wrought, and forfeit 10 cents every day he was idle. At the expiration of the 40 days he received $5. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Ans. He wrought 30 days, and was idle 1 0 days. 6. What is the length of a fish whose head is 10 inches long, his tail as long as his head... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 326 pages
...for every day he was idle, he should forfeit 2 s. At the expiration of the time, lie received $27.50. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Ans. He labored 40 days, and was idle 10 days. Note. — The currency of the preceding sum is that of New York.... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1840 - 278 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... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1841 - 200 pages
...wrought, and ~ forfeit $1 for every day he was idle; at the expiration of the time he received $50; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle? Ans. wrought 30 days. * 5. A. and B. laid out equal sums of money in trade; A. gained a sum equal to J of... | |
 | James Wood - Algebra - 1841 - 492 pages
...day he works, and pays q pence for every day he is idle. At the end of the time he receives a pence. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle? nq+a np-a Ans. He worked - , and was idle — - , days. p+q p+q 3. Nine years ago A was three times... | |
 | Thomas Sherwin - Algebra - 1841 - 314 pages
...for every day he was idle. At the end of the time agreed on, he received a balance of c shillings. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? 57. A gentleman gave some beggars a cents apiece and had 6 cents left ; but if he had given them... | |
 | Osman Call - Arithmetic - 1842 - 210 pages
...every day he wrought, and forfeit 10 d. for every day he was idle : now he received at last i£2 1 s. 8d. How many days did he work, and how many was he...two horses of considerable value, and a saddle worth .£50 ; now, if the saddle be put on the back of the first horse, it will make his value double that... | |
 | Osman Call - Arithmetic - 1842 - 200 pages
...day he wrought, and forfeit 10 d. for every day he was idle : now he received at last £% 1 s. 8 d. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle...two horses of considerable value, and a saddle worth ,£50 ; now, if the saddle be put on the back of the first horse, it will make his value double that... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1842 - 306 pages
...for every day he was idle, he should forfeit 2 s. At the expiration of the time, he received $27.50. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle 1 Ans. He labored 40 days, and was idle 10 days. NOTE.—The currency of the preceding sum is that... | |
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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... 
