 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - Arithmetic - 1830 - 304 pages
...may often be abridged by multiplying together two powers already obtained. Thus, the 3d powerXtheSd power=the 5th power, ,$-c. 7. If the first term is...required the 23d. term. A. 4,194,304. 10. A man bought a horse, giving 1 ct. for the first nail in his shoes, three for the second, and so on ; there were 32... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - Arithmetic - 1833 - 296 pages
...multiplying together two powers already obtained, thus, The llth power =the 6th power X the 5th power, &c. 2. If the first term is 2, the ratio 2, and the number of terms 13, what is the last term? A. 8,192. 3. Find the 12th term of a series, whose first term is 3, and ratio, 3. A. 531,441. 4. A man plants... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1844 - 272 pages
...6. What is the sum of ten terms of the series 1, J, *,A*&c.i Prob. 7. If the first term of a series is 2, the ratio 2, and the number of terms 13, what is the last term'! Prob. 8. What is the 12th term of a series, the first term of which is 3, and the ratio 3 *! Prob.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1844 - 272 pages
...What is the sum of ten terms of the series 1, £, I, ft, &c.l Prob. 7. If the first term of a series is 2, the ratio 2, and the number of terms 13, what is the last term1 Prob. 8. What is the 12th term of a series, the first term of which is 3, and the ratio 3 1 Prob.... | |
 | Jeremiah Day, James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1848 - 264 pages
...6. What is the sum of ten terms of the series 1, ^, *, A, &<^ Prob. 7. If the first term of a series is 2, the ratio 2, and the number of terms 13, what is the last term 1 Prob. 8. What is the 12th term of a series, the first term of which is 3, and the ratio 3 1 Prob.... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...What is the stun of ten terms of the series 1, |* J> A, etc. ? Prob. 7. If the first term of a series is 2, the ratio 2, and the number of terms 13, what is the last term ? Prob. 8. What is the 12th term of a series, the first term of •.\l;ich is 3, and the ratio 3 ?... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1858 - 394 pages
...provisions last 6 days, and 26 men survive. Ex. 14. The first term of a geometrical progression is 1, the ratio 2, and the number of terms 13. What is the last term and the sum of the terms ? Ans. The last term is 4096, and the sum of the terms 8191. Ex. 15. The first... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1868 - 386 pages
...provisions lasted afterward. ira-io(yi). y=866 . 2 Ex. 13. The first term of a geometrical progression is 1; the ratio 2, and the number of terms 13. What is the last term and the sum of the terms ? Ans. The last term is 4096, and the sum of the terms 8191. Ex. 14. The first... | |
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A man bought a horse, agreeing to give 1 cent for the first nail in his shoes, three for the second, and so on. The shoes contained 32 nails; what was the cost of the horse 1 • 374. 