...2 yards cost 4s. 8 yards will cost 16s. And, If iCs. will buy 8 yards, 4s. will buy 2 yards. RVLE. The product of the second and third terms, divided by the first, will give the answer in the same denomination in which the middle term was left. The operation may...

...reduce the first and second terms to the same denomination and consider them as pure numbers ; then the product of the second and third terms divided by the first, gives the answer in the denomination of the third term. , REMARK. In the 2d and 3d cases of this rule,...

...reduce the first and second terms to the same denomination, and_ consider them as pure numbers; then the product of the second and third terms, divided by the first, gives the answer in the denomination of the third term. EXAMPLE. If iC. of sugar cost Si 7, what must...

...get 2X10X15—10X12=15X12, or 2X15—12 15V12 XlO=15Xl2, and 10 =57777 — ^, that is, the first term is equal to the product "*~ of the second and third terms, divided by the difference of twice the third term and the second term. r Ex. Find from third term, or inonochord,...

...term, and all the Consequents for the second ; the number that asks the question makes the third : then the product of the second and third terms, divided by the first, will give the desired answer. SECTION XXI. INTEREST, &c. When one person employs tlie property for...

...fourth place ; or, a : b : : c : x. Whence, by Article 335, x=~=a X r, That is, the unknown quantity is equal to the product of the second and third terms divided by the first ; or it is equal to the third term multiplied by the ratio which the second term of the proportion...

...persons. $ 6 : 15 : : 300 : 1st answer. months, months. 8 : 20 : : 1st ans. : true answer 25 5 4rf Having made the first statement, we see that the fourth...first answer is equal to the product of the second arid third terms divided by the first, it is plain that the true answer will always be equal to the...

...always form the second or third term of the second statement, it follows, that the true answer will be equal to the product of the second and third terms divided by the product of the first terms — according to the rule. 2. If 16 men build 18 feet of wall in 12 days,...

...always form the second or third term of the second statement, it follows, that the true answer will be equal to the product of the second and third terms divided by the product of the first terms — according to the rule. 2. If 16 men build 18 feet of wall in 12 days,...

...will be the other; (Art. 156;) consequently, when the first three terms of a proportion are given, the product of the second and third terms divided by the first, must give \h^ fourth term or answer. The object of placing that number, which is of the same kind as...