 | Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1810 - 478 pages
...required. Required tie product of -y\ X 426 x '5 X '004 X '275 X 336. Answer 29-128. PROPOSITION VIII. (M) To divide one number by another. * Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. If any of the indices... | |
 | Etienne Bézout - Mathematics - 1824 - 238 pages
...and find it is 2 ; which is the seventh root of 128. 23 1. To find the quotient of the division of one number by another, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend ; the number that corresponds to the logarithm of the remainder, will be... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1826 - 504 pages
...required. Required the product of -37 x 426 X '5 x -004 x -275 x 336. Answer 29-128. PROPOSITION VIII. (M) To divide one number by another.* Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. If any of the indices... | |
 | Charles Babbage - Logarithms - 1827 - 244 pages
.... . . .8592104 log. 25.925 .... 1.4137188 49992771 2741 log. of 99833 30 30 .. 99833.7 PROBLEM VI. To divide one number by another. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from that of the dividend, the result is the logarithm of the quotient. Ex.— Divide 12.6740 by 8.291.... | |
 | Abel Flint - Surveying - 1830 - 322 pages
...Here there were 4 to carry, which made the negative product, 45, equal to TT. DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. To divide one number by another, SUBTRACT THE LOGARITHM OF THE DIVISOR FROM THAT OF THE DIVIDEND. THE REMAINDER WILL BE THE LOGARITHM OP THE dUOTIEHT. EXAMPLES. 1. Divide 15,625... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1839 - 498 pages
...required. Required the product of -37, 426, -5, '004, -275, and 336, Answer 29-128. PROPOSITION VIII. (12) To divide one number by another.* Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. If any of the indices... | |
 | Richard Farley - 1840 - 170 pages
...first significant figure must occupy the third place to the right of the decimal point. PROBLEM V. To divide one number by another. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from that of the dividend, and the remainder is the logarithm of the Example. Divide 45763 by -08651 log.... | |
 | Thomas Sherwin - Algebra - 1841 - 314 pages
...To multiply numbers together, add their logarithms; the sum will be the logarithm of the product. 2. To divide one number by another, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from that of the dividend; the difference will be the logarithm of the quotient. 3. To raise a number to... | |
 | Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1848 - 572 pages
...MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. and the sura will be the logarithm of their product ; or, to divide one number by another, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient of the two numbers.... | |
 | John Radford Young - Geometry, Solid - 1848 - 384 pages
...2-1046 . . _.3231696 .8372 . . 1-9228292 .0294 . . £4683473 Product -1857618 . . 1-2689564. PROBLEM V. To divide one number by another. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from that of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLE I. Divide 28-654... | |
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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. 
