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Page 194 - The general formula for the number of combinations of n things taken r at a time is C(n,r) = r\(nr)\ We have to find the number of combinations of 12 things taken 9 at a time.
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Page 63 - The logarithm of any power of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number multiplied by the exponent of the power.
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Page 63 - The logarithm of . the quotient of two numbers, is equal to the logarithm of the dividend diminished by the logarithm of the divisor.
Page 209 - Two or more events are said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of any one of them excludes the occurrence of the others.
Page 169 - Hence, the resultant of two parallel forces, acting in the same direction...
Page 176 - In the preceding sections it was shown that if a system of coplanar forces is in equilibrium, the algebraic sum of the moments of the forces about any point must be zero.
Page 171 - couple about any point in the plane of the couple is equal to the algebraic sum of the moments of the two forces composing the couple about the same point.
Page 172 - ... zero, and the algebraic sum of the moments of the forces about any given point equal zero.