 State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.  Easy Introduction to Mathematics - Page 122by Charles Butler - 1814Full view - About this book
 | John Preston - Arithmetic - 1817 - 538 pages
...harvest a field of wheat in 2 days, in what time can 8 men do the same work ? Answer, 1 day. RULE. Multiply the first and second terms together and divide...the product by the third, the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. OPERATION. men. d. men, 4 : 2 :: 8 2 8)8(1 day, answer. In this example the... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1818 - 264 pages
...when the conditions of the question require the answer to be greater, or less than th& second terra : Multiply the first and second terms together, and...quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term. EXAMPLES. 1. If 6 yards cost § IS, what will 12 yards cost at the same rate ?... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1818 - 246 pages
...belongs to Inverse Proportion. RULE. 1. State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and...quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. EXAMPLES. 1. If 12 men can build a wall in 20 days, how many men... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1820 - 254 pages
...belongs to Inverse Proportion. RULE. • 1 Sfate and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; fte quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term •was reduced into.... | |
 | Beriah Stevens - Arithmetic - 1822 - 436 pages
...taught in the rule of three diiect. RULE. State the terms as directed in the rule of three direct, then multiply the first and second terms together, and...quotient will be the answer in the same denomination of the. middle term. NB Contraction and cancelling have the same force here as in the rule of three... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Arithmetic - 1822 - 354 pages
...the third, the fourth will be less than the second. RULE. State the question as in the direct rule. Multiply the first and second terms together, and...product by the third, the quotient will be the answer, and of the same denomination as you left the second number. Note 1. Direct and inverse proportion are,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...greater than the second. Rule. — State the question, and if necessary, reduce the terms as before. Multiply the first and second terms together, and...divide the product by the third ; the quotient will bear such proportion to the second, as the first does to the third. Example. — If a certain quantity... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Arithmetic - 1822 - 536 pages
...principles of Compound Muttinlicatiou ami Compound Division, in the same manner as the direct rule. — T by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. If there be fractions in your question, they must be stated as... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1823 - 262 pages
...Proportion. RULE.. 4 1. State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the fii-st and second terms together, and divide the product...quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term wrs reduced into. EXAMPLES. ' 1. If 12 men can build a wall in 20 days, how man/... | |
 | Stephen Pike - Arithmetic - 1824 - 212 pages
...4 2)24 12 Answer. RULE FOR IN VERSE 'PROPORTION. Multiply the first and second terms totfether. ami divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the second, or that to which the second was reduced. EXAMPLE. lf 4 men can build a wall in 4 days,... | |
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