 | George Lees - 1826 - 276 pages
...multiplied by the sum of c and d If the quantities stood thus, a +b X c + rf,then this signifies that the sum of a and b is to be multiplied by c; and that d is to be added to the product. The line drawn over the quantities is called a mnculum. Instead... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - 1844 - 262 pages
...+6) xc or a+6xc. A parenthesis enclosing letters, or a line drawn over them, is called a vinculum, and points out how many are to be multiplied, divided,...the quantity represented by that letter : thus aa is the second power or square of a, aaa is the third power of a, &c. ,• and in relation to these powers... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1844 - 394 pages
...(6 + c) indicates that the sum of b and c is to be subtracted from a; and (a + 6)xc indicates that the sum of a and b is to be multiplied by c ; and (a + 6)-rc indicates that the sum of a and b is to be divided by c. 43. If both multiplicand... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Algebra - 1846 - 374 pages
...a—(6 + c) indicates that the sum of b and c is to be subtracted from a; and (a + 6)Xc indicates that the sum of a and b is to be multiplied by c ; and (a-|-6)-rc indicates that the sum of a and b is to be divided by c. 43. If both multiplicand... | |
 | John William Nystrom - Engineering - 1854 - 296 pages
...latter product will be equal to d ; then, Equation, d=aljc, 8X6X^8=2304, the value of d. u ALGEBRA. 8. The sum of a and b, is to be multiplied by c, and the product will be d; then, Equation, d = c (a+&), 48 (8+6) = 672 the value of d. When the sum... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Algebra - 1863 - 302 pages
...treated as forming one number they are enclosed within brackets. Thus, suppose we have to denote that the sum of a and b is to be multiplied by c ; we denote it thus (a + b) xc or \a + b\ xc, or simply (a+b)c or \a+b\c ; here we mean that the whole... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...quantity, its parts are connected by a vinculum or by a parenthesis : Thus, A + JB x C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be multiplied by C; and (A + B) -^- C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be divided by C. A number written before... | |
 | William Alexander Myers - Circle-squaring - 1873 - 238 pages
...quantity, its parts are connected by a vinculum or by a parenthesis: Thus, A -\- B X C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be multiplied by C; and (A -\- B) -=- C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be divided by C. A number written before... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1874 - 500 pages
...quantity, its parts are connected by a vinculum or by a parenthesis : Thus, A + BXC, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be multiplied by C ; and ( A + B) .L. C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be divided by C. A number written before... | |
 | Charles Davies, Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1885 - 538 pages
...quantity, its parts are connected by a vinculum or by a parenthesis : Thus, A + B x C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be multiplied by C ; and (A + B) -=- C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be divided by C. A number written before... | |
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C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be multiplied by C ; and (A + B) -=- C, indicates that the sum of A and B is to be divided by C. 
