 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 466 pages
...— 5B=20t^ price of the doth. 5. A person bought a number of oxen for 801. and if he had bought 4 more for the same money, he would have paid *1. less for each ; how many did he buy ? Suppose he bought x oxen, And - = price of each, if ^+4 had cost 801. 8O . RO But — = -- f-1 by... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1813 - 456 pages
...consequently 20/. = price of the cloth. 5. A person bought a number of sheep for 80?., and if he had bought 4 more for the same money, he would have paid 1/. less for each ; how many did he buy ? Let x represent the number of sheep, 80 Then will — be the price of each, 80 And — 7 = price... | |
 | Miles Bland - Geometry - 1821 - 898 pages
...extracting the root, x + 16 = ± 36 ; Л x = 20, or — 52, and consequently A put £20 into trade. have paid .€1 less for each. How many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? Let x = the number of sheep bought ; then -^ = the price of one (in pounds), 72 and = the price of one,... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1830 - 278 pages
...16 months. What money did A put into trade -^!b~ 4. A person bought some sheep for £72 ; and found if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would...How many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? 5. A and B set out from two towns, which were distant 247 miles, and travelled the direct road till... | |
 | George Peacock - Algebra - 1830 - 732 pages
...roots : an example of this kind occurs in the following problem. " A person bought some sheep for £?2, and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same...would have paid £ 1 • less for each : How many sheep did he buy ?" If we convert buying into selling, more intojeivcr, paying into receiving, less... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1833 - 288 pages
...from twice its square, the remainder will be 65. 3. A person bought some sheep for £72 ; and found if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would...have paid £ 1 less for each. How many did he buy ? Let x = the number, we have 72 72 _ ~x — x~+~6 — l from which we obtain x=18, or — 24. To interpret... | |
 | James Bryce - Algebra - 1837 - 322 pages
...pavements, taken together, contain 2120 stones. What are their lengths separately? Ans. 26 and 38. 50. A person bought some sheep for £72, and found that,...same money, he would have paid £ 1 less for each. Required the number bought, and the price of each. Ans. The number was 18, and the price of each £4.... | |
 | John Radford Young - Algebra - 1838 - 368 pages
...and the sum of their squares equal to 225. Ans. 9 and 12. 12. A person bought some sheep for 72Z., and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid 1Z. less for each. How many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? Ans. The number of sheep was... | |
 | John Radford Young - 1839 - 332 pages
...and the sum of their squares equal to 225. Ans. 9 and 12. 12. A person bought some sheep for 72Z., and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid 1Z. less for each. How many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? Ans. The number of sheep was... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 216 pages
...B travels per hour, and 5-f-1=6=: A's rate per hour. 16. A person bought some sheep for 72 dollars, and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid 1 dollar less for each ; how many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? Ans. 18 sheep, and the... | |
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A person bought some sheep for £. 72 ; and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £. 1 less for each. How many did he buy... 
