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COMPOUND PROPORTION . a COMPOUND PROPORTION is a rule by means of which the student may resolve such questions as require two or more statings in simple proportion . The general rule for questions of this kind may be exhibited in the ...
COMPOUND PROPORTION . a COMPOUND PROPORTION is a rule by means of which the student may resolve such questions as require two or more statings in simple proportion . The general rule for questions of this kind may be exhibited in the ...
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The denomination which occupies the place of inches in these products , means not square inches , but rectangles of an inch broad and a foot long . Thus , ; 9 the answer to the first example is 29 DUODECIMALS . 63.
The denomination which occupies the place of inches in these products , means not square inches , but rectangles of an inch broad and a foot long . Thus , ; 9 the answer to the first example is 29 DUODECIMALS . 63.
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Yet , by means of decimals , we may approximate or approach towards the root , to any assigned degree of exactness . Those roots which only approximate are called Surd Roots ; but those which can be found quite exactly , are called ...
Yet , by means of decimals , we may approximate or approach towards the root , to any assigned degree of exactness . Those roots which only approximate are called Surd Roots ; but those which can be found quite exactly , are called ...
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By means of the square root also may readily be found the 4th root , or the 8th root , or the 16th root , that is , the root of any power whose index is some power of the number 2 ; namely , hy extracting so ofte the square root as is ...
By means of the square root also may readily be found the 4th root , or the 8th root , or the 16th root , that is , the root of any power whose index is some power of the number 2 ; namely , hy extracting so ofte the square root as is ...
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By means of the method there laid down , the tables at the end of the volume were computed . A method adapted to the square root , in which the root is exhibited as a simple vulgar fraction , is also given in the same volume , which is ...
By means of the method there laid down , the tables at the end of the volume were computed . A method adapted to the square root , in which the root is exhibited as a simple vulgar fraction , is also given in the same volume , which is ...
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