 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...denomination, and the second into the lowest name mentioned. 3. Multiply the second and third numbers together, and divide.* the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination you left the second number in ; which may be brought into... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Trigonometry - 1806 - 464 pages
...others were taken. In the second method, having stated the proportion, according to the proper rule, multiply the second and third terms together, and...product by the first, and the quotient will be the fourth term required, for the natural numbers. Or, in working by logarithms, add the logarithms of... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1807 - 248 pages
...first, and the remaining one for the second term. 2. Multiply the second and third terms together, divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. If 30 horses plough 12 acres, how many will 40 plough in the same time? OPERATION^ HH... | |
 | James Thompson - Arithmetic - 1808 - 176 pages
...term ; and that which is of the same name or quality with the answer required, the second term. Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. The quotient will be the fourth term or answer, in the same name or denomination as the second term... | |
 | James Noyes - Arithmetic - 1808 - 168 pages
...same name with the answer required, the second term. 2. Multiply the second and third terms together, divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer. Note \ , Whefi the second term consists of more than one denomination, reduce it to the lowest mentioned... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Algebra - 1808 - 470 pages
...then proceed as in the common method, by multiplying the second and third terms together, and dividing the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer, in the same name as the third term was reduced into. 54. If 15 yards of cloth cost 55. If 12 men can... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1811 - 580 pages
...as much greater, or less than the third, as the second term is greater, or less than the first, then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term, and the quotient will be the answer ; — in the same denomination with the third term. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Francis Nichols - Plane trigonometry - 1811 - 162 pages
...analogy be formed according to the proper rule above delivered; then, if the natural numbers be used, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first; the quotient will be the fourth term required. If logarithms be used, add the logarithms of the second... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...DIRECT PROPORTION. RULE. « Prepare the given terms, if necessary, and state them as in whole numbers ; multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. Or, / . Invert the dividing term, and multiply the three tejgms together, as in Multiplication. * EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Arithmetic - 1812 - 274 pages
...denomination, and the second into the lowest denomination mentioned. 3. Multiply the second and third numbers together, and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer, * in the same denomination as that in which the second number wus left. * If there be a remainder after... | |
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... for the second term, and the greater for the first ; and in either case multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term. 
