 A farmer bought some sheep for £72, and found that if he had received 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £1 less for each. How many sheep did he buy ? 13. A and B distribute £60 each among a certain number of persons : A relieves 40 persons...  An Algebra for High Schools and Academies - Page 372by Louis Parker Jocelyn - 1902 - 445 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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 - Algebra - 1824 - 404 pages
...A put £. 20 into trade. . 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, and what was the price of each ? Let т = the number of sheep bought; 72 then — = the price of one... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1830 - 278 pages
...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 have paid £1 less for each. 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... | |
 | George Peacock - Algebra - 1830 - 732 pages
...occurs in the following problem. " A person bought some sheep for £?2, and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he 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... | |
 | James Bryce - Algebra - 1837 - 322 pages
...separately? Ans. 26 and 38. 50. 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. Required the number bought, and the price of each. Ans. The number was 18, and the price of each £4.... | |
 | Alfred Wrigley - 1845 - 222 pages
...of them, and the difference of their squares exceeds by 1 the square of double the other. had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £1 less for each. How many sheep did he buy ? 599. The sum of two numbers is 6, and the sum of their cubes is 72 : find them.... | |
 | John Radford Young - 1851 - 266 pages
...QUANTITY. (1) A person bought a certain number of sheep for £72; and found that if he had bought six more for the same money, he would have paid £1 less for each: how many did he buy, and what did he pay for each? 72 Let x represent the number bought, then — is the price of x each... | |
 | Alfred Wrigley - 1852 - 344 pages
...of the digits, the quotient is greater by 2 than the preceding quotient. Required the number. 577. A farmer bought some sheep for £72, and found that...received 6 more for the same money, he would have paid j£1 less for each. How many sheep did he buy ? 578. A and B distribute £60 each among a certain number... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1855 - 370 pages
...square, the remainder will be 65. 2. 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 — ~ ' from which we obtain x = 18, or — 24. To interpret... | |
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