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" In any proportion, the product of the means equals the product of the extremes. "
Elementary Algebra - Page 321
by Frederick Howland Somerville - 1908 - 407 pages
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The Progressive Higher Arithmetic, for Schools, Academies, and Mercantile ...

Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...square of a mean proportional is equal to tlic product of the other two terms. 438. Since in every proportion the product of the means equals the product of the extremes, (4:587, 1), it follows that, any three terms of a proportion being given, the fourth may be found by...
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Bryant and Stratton's Commercial Arithmetic: In Two Parts. Designed for the ...

Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic (Commercial), 1861 - 1861 - 348 pages
...8x6=12x4. But 8 and 6 are the means of the above proportion, and 12 and 4 its extremes. Hence, In every proportion, the product of the means equals the product of the extremes. Therefore, 1. If the product of the two means of a proportion be divided by either extreme, the quotient...
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The Normal Written Arithmetic: By Analysis and Synthesis, Designed for ...

Edward Brooks - 1863 - 344 pages
...Compound Proportion is the comparison of compound ratios. PRINCIPLES OF PROPORTION. PROP. I. — In every proportion the product of the means equals the product of the extremes. DEM. — In the proportion 2 : 6 : : 4 : 12 we have J = T\ ; now if we multiply both these equals by...
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A Written Arithmetic, for Common and Higher Schools; to which is Adapted a ...

George Augustus Walton, Mrs. Electra Nobles Lincoln Walton - Arithmetic - 1865 - 354 pages
...of arithmetical examples by proportion depends upon the following important principle : — In every proportion the product of the means equals the product of the extremes. ILLUSTRATION. Writing the given proportion in a fraco . o . . A . Q tional form, we have j- = •£....
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The Crittenden Commercial Arithmetic and Business Manual: Designed for the ...

John Groesbeck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 358 pages
...20. The first and fourth terms are called the extremes; the second and third, the means. 85. In every proportion the product of the means equals the product of the extremes. SIMPLE PROPORTION, OR, RULE OF THREE. 86. A Simple Proportion is expressed by an equality of two ratios,...
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The Crittenden Commercial Arithmetic and Business Manual: Designed for the ...

John Groesbeck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 350 pages
...20. The first and fourth terms are called the extremes; the second and third, the means. 85. In every proportion the product of the means equals the product of the extremes. SIMPLE PROPORTION, OR, RULE OF THREE. 86. A Simple Proportion is expressed by an equality of two ratios,...
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The Illustrative Practical Arithmetic by a Natural Method ...

George Augustus Walton, Electa Nobles Lincoln Walton - Arithmetic - 1869 - 350 pages
...term. NOTE TO THE TEACHER. — The principle given in Deduction 1 is sometimes enunciated thus : " In any proportion the product of the means equals the product of the extremes," which is not true when the terms are denominate numbers ; thus in the proportion 4 pk. : 5 pk. = $...
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The Illustrative Practical Arithmetic by a Natural Method with Dictation ...

George Augustus Walton, Electa N. L. Walton - Arithmetic - 1871 - 348 pages
...term. NOTE TO THE TEACHER. — The principle given in Deduction 1 is some, times enunciated thus : " In any proportion the product of the means equals the product of the extremes," which is not true when tire terms are denominate numbers ; thus in the proportion 4 pk. : 5 pk. = $...
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The Crittendon Commercial Arithmetic and Business Manual: Designed for the ...

John Groesbeck - Business mathematics - 1871 - 370 pages
...20. The first and fourth terms are called the extremes; the second and third, the means. 85. In every proportion the product of the means equals the product of the extremes. From this principle, having three terms of a proportion, we are enabled to find the fourth. SIMPLE...
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Crittenden Commercial Arithmetic ...

John Groesbeck - 1872 - 374 pages
...20. The first and fourth terms are called the extremes; (he second and third, the means. 85. In every proportion the product of the means equals the product of the extremes. From this principle, having three terms of a proportion, we are ei.abled to find the fourth. SIMPLE...
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