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... Rule , or Rule of Three 33 Division . Compound Proportion 37 Division by Detached Coefficients Vulgar Fractions . . 39 Synthetic Division · • Reduction of Vulgar Fractions 39 Greatest Common Measure Addition of Vulgar Fractions 45 Least ...
... Rule , or Rule of Three 33 Division . Compound Proportion 37 Division by Detached Coefficients Vulgar Fractions . . 39 Synthetic Division · • Reduction of Vulgar Fractions 39 Greatest Common Measure Addition of Vulgar Fractions 45 Least ...
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... rule itself is evident ; for the excess of B's in two or more numbers being taken separately , and the excess of 9's taken also out of the sum of the former excesses , it is plain that this last excess must be equal to the excess of 9's ...
... rule itself is evident ; for the excess of B's in two or more numbers being taken separately , and the excess of 9's taken also out of the sum of the former excesses , it is plain that this last excess must be equal to the excess of 9's ...
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... rule of Division is learned . Mult . 3542 by 6196 21252 31878 3542 21252 21946232 Product . EXAMPLES . or Mult . 6196 by 3542 Proof . 12392 24784 2 30980 2 18588 21946232 Proof . OTHER EXAMPLES . Multiply 123456789 by 3 . Ans ...
... rule of Division is learned . Mult . 3542 by 6196 21252 31878 3542 21252 21946232 Product . EXAMPLES . or Mult . 6196 by 3542 Proof . 12392 24784 2 30980 2 18588 21946232 Proof . OTHER EXAMPLES . Multiply 123456789 by 3 . Ans ...
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... rule is very evident ; for pounds are brought into shillings by multiplying them by 20 ; shillings into pence , by multiplying them by 12 ; and pence into farthings , by multiplying by 4 ; and the reverse of this rule by Division ...
... rule is very evident ; for pounds are brought into shillings by multiplying them by 20 ; shillings into pence , by multiplying them by 12 ; and pence into farthings , by multiplying by 4 ; and the reverse of this rule by Division ...
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... RULE . Place the numbers so that those of the same denomination may stand directly under each other , and draw a line below them . - Add up the figures in the lowest denomination , and find , by Reduction , how many units , or ones , of ...
... RULE . Place the numbers so that those of the same denomination may stand directly under each other , and draw a line below them . - Add up the figures in the lowest denomination , and find , by Reduction , how many units , or ones , of ...
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algebraic axis bisected called centre ciphers circle circumference coefficients contained Corol cosec cosine cube root curve decimal denominator denotes diameter difference differential co-efficient distance Divide dividend division divisor draw equal EXAMPLES exponent expression extract factors feet figure fraction given number greatest common measure Hence hyperbola inches latus rectum least common multiple logarithm manner monomial multiplied nth root number of terms parallel parallelogram perpendicular plane polynomial positive Prob PROBLEM Prop proportional proposed equation quotient radius ratio rectangle Reduce remainder right angles rule sides sine square root straight line Substituting subtract tangent Taylor's theorem THEOREM triangle ABC unknown quantity VULGAR FRACTIONS whole number yards
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Page 338 - EC, have also the same altitude ; and because triangles of the same altitude are to each other as their bases, therefore the triangle ADE : BDE : : AD : DB, and triangle ADE : CDE : : AE : EC.
Page 354 - angle in a segment' is the angle contained by two straight lines drawn from any point in the circumference of the segment, to the extremities of the straight line which is the base of the segment.
Page 332 - Proportion, when the ratio is the same between every two adjacent terms, viz. when the first is to the second, as the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and so on, all in the same common ratio.
Page 17 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute. 60 Minutes = 1 Hour. 24 Hours = 1 Day. 7 Days = 1 Week. 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month.
Page 344 - CD. conseconsequently the whole polygon, or all the triangles added together which compose it, is equal to the- rectangle of the common altitude CD, and the halves of all the sides, or the half perimeter of the polygon. Now, conceive the number of sides of the polygon to be indefinitely increased ; then will its perimeter coincide with the circumference of the circle, and consequently the altitude CD will become equal to the radius, and the whole polygon equal to the circle. Consequently the space...
Page 303 - The Height or Altitude of a figure is a perpendicular let fall from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite side, called the base.
Page 26 - Multiply the number in the lowest denomination by the multiplier, and find how many units of the next higher denomination are contained in the product, setting down ,what remains.
Page 62 - From these theorems may readily be found any one of these five parts ; the two extremes, the number of terms, the common difference, and the sum of all the terms, when any three of them are given, as in the following Problems : PROBLEM I.
Page 332 - Proportional, when the ratio of the first to the second, is equal to the ratio of the second to the third.
Page 62 - SUBTRACT the less extreme from the greater, and divide the difference by 1 more than the number of means required to be found...