School Algebra: First Course

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Page 176 - Given that the area of a circle varies as the square of its radius...
Page 164 - A Literal Equation is one in which some or all of the known quantities are represented by letters.
Page 35 - The product of two or more fractions is the product of their numerators divided by the product of their denominators. Exam ˇîle \. Example 2. IX f о. x Г...
Page 2 - Recall that the area of a rectangle is equal to the product of the measure of its length and the measure of its width.
Page 39 - Both terms of a fraction may be multiplied by the same number without changing the value of the fraction.
Page 114 - ... is ± twice the product of the square roots of the other two, these two being both positive (123, PAKT I.
Page 104 - The product of two binomials having a common term equals the square of the common term plus the product of the common term by the sum of the other terms, plus the product of the other terms.
Page 170 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes; and the second and third terms the means. Thus, in the proportion a : b = с : d, a and d are the extremes, and b and с the means.
Page 84 - At what time between 3 and 4 o'clock are the hands of a watch opposite to each other ? Let x = the number of minute-spaces passed over by the minutehand from 3 o'clock to the required time.
Page 132 - Two expressions that have no common factor except 1, are said to be prime to each other. In algebra, the word "highest" is preferred to the word "greatest" in connection with common factors.