An Exercise Book in Algebra: Designed for Supplementary Or Review Work in Connection with Any Text-book on Algebra

Front Cover
D. C. Heath & Company, 1894 - Algebra - 182 pages
 

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 129 - The sum of two numbers is 8, and the sum of their cubes is 152. What are the numbers ? Ans.
Page 72 - The pupil should notice that he wants the value of 12x instead of x. 39. A cask, A, contains 12 gallons of wine mixed with 18 gallons of water ; another, B, contains 9 gallons of wine mixed with 3 gallons of water. How many gallons must be drawn from each to make a mixture of 7 gallons of wine and 7 of water...
Page 140 - The area of a circle whose radius is 10 feet is 314.159 square feet. Find the area of a circle whose radius is 12 feet, from the law that the area of a circle varies as the square of its radius.
Page 140 - When does one quantity vary directly as another, and when inversely as another ? Given that y varies as the sum of two quantities, one of which varies as x directly, the other as x inversely ; and that when x = 1, y = 4, when x =. 2, y = 6 : Find the relation between x and y.
Page 86 - Five thousand dollars is divided between A, B, C, and D. B gets half as much as A; the excess of C's share over D's share is equal to...
Page 84 - How much had each at first ? 3. There is a number consisting of three digits. The sum of the first and second digits exceeds the third by 4.
Page 143 - Solve the equation x' — • x -f- 5 1/2x" — 5x+6 = 3x + 33 2 4. There are 20 things of one kind and 10 of another ; how many different sets can be made each containing 3 of the first kind and 2 of the second ? 5. Insert 3 arithmetical means between 4 and 20. TV 6. Expand ; 5 into a series by the method of 1 + x + x
Page 146 - At what times between 10 and 11 o'clock are the hands of a watch at right angles ? 80. A banker has two kinds of money.
Page 134 - The sum of the digits of a certain number of two figures is 5, and if 3 times the units' digit is added to the number, the order of the digits will be reversed. What is the number? 59. Twice the units...
Page 132 - The different orders in which things can be arranged are called their Permutations. Thus, the permutations of the letters a, b, c, taken two at a time, are ab...

Bibliographic information