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Page 100
... of the heavens as well as to a dial plate of a clock ; and the application is equally simple . The circle of the heavens , like all other circles is divided into 360 degrees ; and the sun and moon apparently 100 ALGEBRA .
... of the heavens as well as to a dial plate of a clock ; and the application is equally simple . The circle of the heavens , like all other circles is divided into 360 degrees ; and the sun and moon apparently 100 ALGEBRA .
Page 101
... moon apparently follow each other like two couriers round the circle . In one day the moon moves on an average 13 ° .1764 , ( divisions of the circle , ) and the sun apparently 0o.98565 , or not quite one division of the circle . The moon's ...
... moon apparently follow each other like two couriers round the circle . In one day the moon moves on an average 13 ° .1764 , ( divisions of the circle , ) and the sun apparently 0o.98565 , or not quite one division of the circle . The moon's ...
Page 134
... √a + x = Natx 2a2 15. Given x + √a2 + x2 = 1a2 + x2 2 Ans . x = a . to find x . Ans . x = a√ 16. Given x + a = 1a2 + x√b2 + x2 to find r . 17. Given 16x - 2 4 / 6x - 9. Ans . x b2-4a2 4a r2d2 the full moon . 134 ALGEBRA .
... √a + x = Natx 2a2 15. Given x + √a2 + x2 = 1a2 + x2 2 Ans . x = a . to find x . Ans . x = a√ 16. Given x + a = 1a2 + x√b2 + x2 to find r . 17. Given 16x - 2 4 / 6x - 9. Ans . x b2-4a2 4a r2d2 the full moon . 134 ALGEBRA .
Page 148
... moon will these two bodies attract equally , admitting the mass of the earth to be 75 times that of the moon , and their distance asunder 30 diameters of the earth ? Represent the mass of the moon by c And the 148 ALGEBRA .
... moon will these two bodies attract equally , admitting the mass of the earth to be 75 times that of the moon , and their distance asunder 30 diameters of the earth ? Represent the mass of the moon by c And the 148 ALGEBRA .
Page 149
... moon , at a distance of 3.9 the diameters of the earth , a body would be attracted as much by the earth as by the moon , and the value of ( a - x ) being minus , shows that the distance is now counted the other way from the moon ...
... moon , at a distance of 3.9 the diameters of the earth , a body would be attracted as much by the earth as by the moon , and the value of ( a - x ) being minus , shows that the distance is now counted the other way from the moon ...
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Page 11 - If equal quantities be divided by the same, or by equal quantities, the quotients will be equal. 5. If the same quantity be both added to and subtracted from another, the value of the latter will not be altered.
Page 33 - To reduce a mixed quantity to an improper fraction, multiply the integer by the denominator of...
Page 195 - There are four numbers in geometrical progression, the second of which is less than the fourth by 24 ; and the sum of the extremes is to the sum of the means as 7 to 3. What are the numbers?
Page 184 - If the sum of an arithmetical series is 567, the first term 7, and the common difference 2; what is the number of terms?
Page 202 - There are two numbers, which are to each other, as 16' to 9, and 24 is a mean proportional between them. What are the numbers ? Ans. 32 and 18. 13. The sum of two numbers is to their difference as 4 to 1, and the sum of their squares is to the greater as 102 to 5. What are the numbers 1 Ans.
Page 145 - Prob. 9. It is required to divide the number 18 into two such parts, that the squares of those parts may be to each other as 25 to 16.
Page 42 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 155 - Any trinomial can be separated into two binomial factors, when the extremes are squares and positive, and the middle term is twice the product of the square roots of the extremes.
Page 191 - When three magnitudes, a, b, c, have the relation of a: c: : a—b : b—c ; that is, the first is to the third as the difference between the first and second is to the difference between the second and third, the quantities a, b, c, are said to be in harmonical proportion.
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