| Thomas Simpson - Geometry - 1760 - 296 pages
...proporE. tional (or in continual proportion) when the firft i. 2. 4. . js to ^ feconj) as ,-he fecond to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and fo on. 7. In a feries, or rank of quantities continually proportional, the ratio of the firft and third,... | |
| Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...Proportional, or in Contmued Proportion, when the ratio is the same between every two adjacent t^rms, viz. when the first is to the second, as- the second...8, 16, &c ; where the common ratio is equal to 2. 83. Of any number of quantities, A, B, c, D, the ratio of the first A, to the last D, is said to be... | |
| Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...Proportional to the other three, taken in order. 82. Quantities are said to be Continually Proportional, OF in Continued Proportion, when the ratio is the same...8, 16, &c ; where the common ratio is equal to 2. 83. Of any number of quantities, A, B, c, D, the ratio of the first A, to the last p, is said 10 be... | |
| James Wood - Algebra - 1815 - 338 pages
...PROGRESSION. (214.) Quantities are said to be in geometrical progression, or continual proportion, when the first is to the second, as the second to the third, ajid as the third to the fourth, &c. that is, when every succeeding term is a certain multiple, or... | |
| Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1816 - 610 pages
...proportional quantities, the last is s.iid to be a Fourth Proportional to the other three, taken in order. 82. Quantities are said to be Continually Proportional,...common ratio. As in the quantities 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, Sec ; where the common ratio is equal to 2. 83. Of any number of quantities, A, a, c, D, the ratio... | |
| Charles Hutton - Arithmetic - 1818 - 646 pages
...proportional quantities, the last is said to be a Fourth Proportional to the other three, taken in order. 82. Quantities are said to be Continually Proportional,...third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the Mb, and so on, all in the same common ratio. As in the quantities J, 2, 4, 8, 16, &c. ; where the common... | |
| William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 376 pages
...PROGRESSION, geometrical. Quantities are said to be in geometrical progression, or continual proportion, when the first is to the second, as the second to the third, and as the third to the fourth, &c. that is, when every succeeding term is a certain multiple, or part... | |
| Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...proportional quantities, the last is said to be a Fourth Proportional to the other three, taken in order. 82. Quantities are said to be Continually Proportional,...8, 16, &c. ; where the common ratio is equal to 2. 83. Of any number of quantities, A, B, c, D, the ratio of the first, A, to the last D, is said to be... | |
| John Imison - Art - 1822 - 488 pages
...division 3 — 1 : 1 : : 12 — 4 : 4 and 3 — 1 : 3 : : 12 — 4> : 12. 63. Continued proportion is when the first is to the second as the second to the...the fourth ; as the fourth to the fifth ; and so on. 64. Compound ratio is formed by the multiplication of several antecedents and the several consequents... | |
| Rev. John Allen - Astronomy - 1822 - 516 pages
...in order. 12. Magnitudes, are said to be continually proportional, when the first has the same ratio to the second, as the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, and so on13. The ratio of the first, of any number of magnitudes of the same kind, to the last, is... | |
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