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" From two places at a distance of 320 miles, two persons, A and B, set out at the same time to meet each other. A travelled 8 miles a day more than B, and the number of days in which they met was equal to half the number of miles B went in a day. How many... "
An Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction - Page 174
by Warren Colburn - 1829 - 276 pages
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Select Exercises for Young Proficients in the Mathematicks: Containing I. A ...

Thomas Simpson - Mathematics - 1792 - 292 pages
...tut fa fons, A and B, fet out, at the fame Time, in order to meet each other; A travelled 8 (b) Miles a Day more than B ; and the Number of Days in which...equal to Half the Number of Miles B went in a Day. It is required to find how far each travelled to meet the other. Let x be the number of days in which...
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Geometrical Problems Deducible from the First Six Books of Euclid, Arranged ...

Miles Bland - Geometry - 1821 - 898 pages
...of 320 miles, two persons, A and B, set out at the same time to meet each other. A travelled s miles a day more than B, and the number of days in which they met was equal to half the number of miles В went in a day. How many miles did each travel per day, and how far did each travel ? 7. The difference...
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Algebraical Problems, Producing Simple and Quadratic Equations, with Their ...

Miles Bland - Algebra - 1824 - 404 pages
...320 miles, two persons, A and П, set out at the same time to meet each other. A travelled 8 miles a day more than B, and the number of days in which...miles B went in a day. How many miles did each travel per day, and how far did each travel ? Ans. A went 24, and £ 16 miles per day; A went 192, and B 128...
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An Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1825 - 400 pages
...of 320 miles, two persons, A and B, set out at the same time to meet each other. A travelled 8 miles a day more than B, and the number of days in which...How many miles did each travel, and how far per day ? 68. A person bought two cubical stacks of hay for £41 ; each of them cost as many shillings per...
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An Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1826 - 290 pages
...of 320 miles, two persons, A and B, set out at the same time to meet each other. A travelled 8 miles a day more than B, and the number of days in which...12 rods wide, which he wishes to enlarge so that it may contain just twice as much ; and that the length and breadth may be in the same proportion. How...
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An Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1828 - 292 pages
...of 320 miles, two persons, A and B, set out at the same time to meet each other. A travelled S miles a day more than B, and the number of days in which...travel, and how far per day ? 20. A man has a field lf> rods long and 12 rods wide, which he wishes to enlarge so that it may contain just twice as much...
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An Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1836 - 286 pages
...of 320 miles, two persons, A and B, set out at the same time to meet each other. A travelled 8 miles a day more than B, and the number of days in which they met was equal to half the number of miles B'went in a day. How many miles did each travel, and how far per day ? 20. A man has a field 15 rods...
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An Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1839 - 308 pages
...same time to meet each other. A travelled 8 miles a day more than B, and the number .of 'days jp . which they met was equal to half the number of miles...12 rods wide, which he wishes to enlarge so that it may contain just twice as much ; and. that the length and breadth may be in the same proportion. How...
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra, in Theory and Practice: With Attempts to ...

John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...320 miles, two persons, A and B, set out, at the same time to meet each other. A travelled 8 miles a day more than B, and the number of days in which...miles B went in a day. How many miles did each travel per day, and how far did each, travel ? Let 2z,2x-\- 8, and x = the number B and A went, per day, and"...
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Algebraical Problems, Producing Simple and Quadratic Equations, with Their ...

Miles Bland - Algebra - 1841 - 456 pages
...of 320 miles, two persons, A and B, set out at the same time to meet each other. A travelled s miles a day more than B, and the number of days in which they met was equal to half the number of miles В went in a day. How many miles did each travel per day, and how far did each travel ? Ara. A went...
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