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Page 103 - If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number.
Page 101 - Hence, the characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than 1 is 1 less than the number of places to the left of the decimal point.
Page 101 - If the given number is greater than 1, make the characteristic of its logarithm one less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point in the number.
Page 115 - To Divide One Number by Another, Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and obtain the antilogarithm of the difference.
Page 85 - Then, x= — ; and, if y = 18, x = — = 4. y 18 2. Given that the area of a triangle varies jointly as its base and altitude, what will be the base of a triangle whose altitude is 12, equivalent to the sum of two triangles whose bases are 10 and 6, and altitudes 3 and 9, respectively ? Let B, Н, and A denote the base, altitude, and area, respectively, of any triangle, and B' the base of the required triangle.
Page 116 - The logarithm of any power of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number multiplied by the exponent of the power.
Page 101 - The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than 1 is one less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point.
Page 14 - Known quantities are generally represented by the first letters of the alphabet, as a, b, c, etc.
Page 10 - A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days, which B and C together can do in 16 days. After 'A' has been working at it for 5 days and B for 7 days, C finishes it in 13 days.