A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Volume 1Gilberte and Rivington, 1841 - Mathematics |
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... answer or solution . An Unlimited Problem is that which has innumerable answers . And a Determinate Problem is that which has a certain number of answers . 9. Solution of a Problem , is the resolution or answer given to it . A Numerical ...
... answer or solution . An Unlimited Problem is that which has innumerable answers . And a Determinate Problem is that which has a certain number of answers . 9. Solution of a Problem , is the resolution or answer given to it . A Numerical ...
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... answer or whole product required . It will , of course , be always best to take that number as the multiplier which has the fewest effec- tive figures . TO PROVE MULTIPLICATION . THERE are three different ways of proving multiplication ...
... answer or whole product required . It will , of course , be always best to take that number as the multiplier which has the fewest effec- tive figures . TO PROVE MULTIPLICATION . THERE are three different ways of proving multiplication ...
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... answer to the question . But when there is a remainder , it goes so much towards another time , as it approaches to the divisor : so , if the remainder be half the divisor , it will go the half of a time more ; if the fourth part of the ...
... answer to the question . But when there is a remainder , it goes so much towards another time , as it approaches to the divisor : so , if the remainder be half the divisor , it will go the half of a time more ; if the fourth part of the ...
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... answer to the question . But when there is a remainder , it goes so much towards another time , as it approaches to the divisor : so , if the remainder be half the divisor , it will go the half of a time more ; if the fourth part of the ...
... answer to the question . But when there is a remainder , it goes so much towards another time , as it approaches to the divisor : so , if the remainder be half the divisor , it will go the half of a time more ; if the fourth part of the ...
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... Answer 1185388 Farthings . II . When the Numbers are to be reduced from a Lower Denomination to a Higher : DIVIDE the given number by as many of that denomination as make 1 of the next higher , and set down what remains , as well as the ...
... Answer 1185388 Farthings . II . When the Numbers are to be reduced from a Lower Denomination to a Higher : DIVIDE the given number by as many of that denomination as make 1 of the next higher , and set down what remains , as well as the ...
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ABCD algebraic altitude arithmetical arithmetical progression base bisect breadth centre chord circle circumference coefficients common cone cosec cube root decimal denominator denoted diagonal diameter difference dihedral angle distance divided divisor draw drawn equal equation equiangular EXAMPLES expression figure fraction frustum geometrical given line greater hence inscribed integer intersection join length less lineation logarithms mantissa measure meeting method multiplied parallel parallel ruler parallelogram perpendicular plane polygon prism PROBLEM proportional quantity quotient radii radius ratio rectangle Reduce right angles rule Scholium segment sides sine solid angle solution square root straight line subtraction tangent THEOREM third trapezium triangle ABC u₁ vulgar fraction Whence