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A's age a²b a²b² a²x² a³b ab² ab³ addend ax² binomial binomial theorem cent Clearing of fractions coefficient colog common factor compound interest cost decimal denominator digits divide dividend divisor dollars ELEM equal the number equation expressions Find the factors Find the numbers Find the value Hence highest common factor horse leaps Let us take Let x equal logarithm lowest type mantissa means miles an hour minuend multiplied negative integer nth root number denoted number is divisible number of days positive integer principle PROOF Prop PROPOSITION prove quotient remainder result sheep Simplify SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS Solve Ex square root substituting subtract subtrahend sum and difference surd THEOREM Q.E.D. unit unknown quantities x²y x²y² x²y³ x³y x³y² xy² xy³ zero
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Page 283 - New Edition revised by CHARLES WRIGHT DODGE, MS, Professor of Biology in the University of Rochester $1.80 This work is designed primarily as a manual of instruction for use in higher schools and colleges. It aims to present clearly the latest established facts and principles of the science. Its distinctive character consists in the treatment of the whole animal kingdom as a unit and in' the comparative study of the development and variations of the different species, their organs, functions, etc.
Page 198 - In any proportion the terms are in proportion by Alternation ; that is, the first term is to the third as the second term is to the fourth.
Page 200 - In any proportion the terms are in proportion by Composition and Division ; that is, the sum of the first two terms is to their difference, as the sum of the last two terms is to their difference.
Page 204 - If three quantities are in continued proportion, the first is to the third, as the square of the first is to the square of the second ; that is, in the duplicate ratio of the first and second.
Page 111 - The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, in order to produce the first number.
Page 29 - Division is the process of finding one of two numbers when their product and the other number are given.
Page 197 - Conversely, if the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two other quantities, the first two may be made the extremes, and the other two the means of a proportion.
Page 194 - The fore wheel of a carriage makes 6 revolutions more than the hind wheel, in going 120 yards; but if the circumference of each wheel...
Page 84 - A man was hired 50 days on these conditions. — that, for every day he worked, he should receive $ '75, and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work...
Page 201 - In a series of equal ratios, the sum of the antecedents is to the sum of the consequents as any antecedent is to its consequent.