 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...term, iJce last term, and the number of terms being given,, to find ike common' difference. RULE.* Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less i, and the quotient will be the common difference sought. EXAMPLES. i. The extremes are 2 and 53, and... | |
 | William M. Finlay - Accounting - 1803 - 272 pages
...IV. Given the first term, the last term, and number of terms, to find the common difference. RULE.— Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of •terms less I— the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLE. jGhren 3, the first, 39 the last, and 19... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Algebra - 1808 - 470 pages
...Tbejlrtt term, the last term, and the number of terms being given, tojind the common difference. RULE.* Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference sought. EXAMPLES. 1st. The extremes are 3 and 39,... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - Arithmetic - 1810 - 222 pages
...two extremes and number of terms are given, and the common difference of all the terms required ; . Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one,, the quotient will be the common difference. E \X AMPLES. l Admit, a debt be discharged at 16 several... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1810 - 190 pages
...difference. Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, tn fnd the common difference,—' Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 6. If the extremes be 3 and 603, and the number... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...CASE 2. When, the two extremes and number of ternis are given, to find the common difference. RULÉ. . Divide 'the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one ; the quotient will be the .common difference. EkAMPLES. , j 1. 20 and 60 are the two extremes of a... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1815 - 250 pages
...The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLE8. 1. The extremes are 3 and 29, and the... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1817 - 214 pages
...2. When the two extremes and number of terms are giren, to iiiid the common ,i;flr.a..«Bee. KPLE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one ; the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. 20 and 60 are the two extremes of a certain... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1818 - 264 pages
...PROBLEM II. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms to find the COMMON DIFFERENCE. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less by i, and the quotient will be the common difference required. EXAMPLES. 1. If the extremes be 3 and... | |
 | Stephen Pike - Arithmetic - 1824 - 212 pages
...10d. CASE 2. When the two extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one; the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. Twenty and sixty are the two extremes of a... | |
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Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 
