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To give every thing essential to elementary trigonometry investigated in a direct and simple manner , and entirely to exclude all matters of mere scientific curiosity , has been my guiding principle in the composition of these chapters ...
To give every thing essential to elementary trigonometry investigated in a direct and simple manner , and entirely to exclude all matters of mere scientific curiosity , has been my guiding principle in the composition of these chapters ...
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Next , add up the second row , together with the number carried , in the same manner as the first : and thus proceed till the whole is finished , setting down the total amount of the last row . TO PROVE ADDITION . First Method .
Next , add up the second row , together with the number carried , in the same manner as the first : and thus proceed till the whole is finished , setting down the total amount of the last row . TO PROVE ADDITION . First Method .
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The method of doing which is as follows : Place the less number under the greater , in the same manner as in Addition , that is , units under units , tens under tens , and so on ; and draw a line below them .
The method of doing which is as follows : Place the less number under the greater , in the same manner as in Addition , that is , units under units , tens under tens , and so on ; and draw a line below them .
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Carry as many units or ones as there are tens counted , to the product of the next figures ; and proceed in the same manner till the whole is finished . EXAMPLE . Multiply 9876543210 , the Multiplicand . By 2 , the Multiplier .
Carry as many units or ones as there are tens counted , to the product of the next figures ; and proceed in the same manner till the whole is finished . EXAMPLE . Multiply 9876543210 , the Multiplicand . By 2 , the Multiplier .
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Make the multiplicand and multiplier change places , and multiply the latter by the former in the same manner as before . Then if the product found in this way be the same as the former , the number is right . Second Method .
Make the multiplicand and multiplier change places , and multiply the latter by the former in the same manner as before . Then if the product found in this way be the same as the former , the number is right . Second Method .
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| Title | A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Volume 1 A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Charles Hutton |
| Author | Charles Hutton |
| Edition | 12 |
| Publisher | Gilberte and Rivington, 1841 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 8 Jul 2014 |
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