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" A farmer has a stack of hay, from which he sells a quantity, which is to the quantity remaining in the proportion of 4 to 5. He then uses 15 loads, and finds that he has a quantity left, which is to the quantity sold as 1 to 2. How many loads did the... "
An Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction - Page 363
by Warren Colburn - 1825 - 372 pages
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Geometrical Problems Deducible from the First Six Books of Euclid, Arranged ...

Miles Bland - Geometry - 1821 - 898 pages
...respectively by б and 5, are in the pro2 1 portion of - to - . Required the numbers. Ans. 30 and 40. he has a quantity left which is to the quantity sold as l to 2. How many loads did the stack at first contain ? Ans. 45. 37. There are three pieces of cloth,...
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Algebraical Problems, Producing Simple and Quadratic Equations, with Their ...

Miles Bland - Algebra - 1824 - 404 pages
...respectively by 6 and 5, are in the 21 proportion of - to - . Required the numbers. 5 2 Am. 30 and 40. 36. A Farmer has a stack of hay, from which he sells a...proportion of 4 to 5. He then uses 15 loads, and finds that lie has a quantity left which is to the quantity sold as 1 to 2. How many loads did the stack at first...
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An Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1829 - 284 pages
...proportion of = to £. What are the numbers .** 9. A farmer has a slack of hay. from which he shells a quantity, which is to the quantity remaining in...There are 3 pieces of cloth, whose lengths are in tho proportion of 3, 5, and 7 ; and 8 yards being cutoff from each, the whole quantity is diminished...
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Elements of Algebra

William Smyth - Algebra - 1833 - 288 pages
...jx and y. Ans. x ^ 5 or 4, y = 4 or 5. IV. — QUESTIONS PRODUCING EQUATIONS OF THE FIRST DEGREE. 1. A farmer has a stack of hay, from which he sells a...to 2. How many loads did the stack at first contain ? Ans. 45. PRAXIS. 273 half as much would have been drawn from it as from the other. How many gallons...
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An Introduction to Algebra: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1833 - 300 pages
...second by 6, they ! • :tyUl be in the proportion of % to J. What are the numbers ? i ~.'•-• 0- A farmer has a stack of hay, from which he sells a...is to the quantity remaining in the proportion of 4 which is to the quantity sold as 1 to 2. How many loads . -'• • to 5. He then uses 15 loads, and...
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An Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1834 - 288 pages
...first of which being increased by 4 and the second by 6, they will be in the proportion of f to J. What are the numbers ? 9. A farmer has a stack of...quantity left, which is to the quantity sold as 1 to"2. How many loads did the stack at first contain ? 10. There are 3 pieces of cloth, whose lengths...
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra, in Theory and Practice: With Attempts to ...

John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...3a;-j-6 : 4tx-\-5 : : f : \ ;:4 : 5, and 15a;-(-30=16z-|-20, and a;^10, and the numbers 30 and 40. 36. A farmer has a stack of hay, from which he sells a...is to the quantity remaining in the proportion of 4 te 5. He then uses 15 loads, and finds that he has a quantity left which is to the quantity sold as...
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An Introduction to Algebra: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1841 - 288 pages
...first of which being increased by 4 and the second by 6, they will bo in the proportion of j to i. What are the numbers ? 9. A farmer has a stack of...contain ? 10. There are 3 pieces of cloth, whose lengths arc in the proportion of 3, 5, and 7 ; and 8 yards being cut off from each. the whole quantity is diminished...
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Algebraical Problems, Producing Simple and Quadratic Equations, with Their ...

Miles Bland - Algebra - 1841 - 456 pages
...respectively by 6 and 5, are in the pro2 1 portion of — to - . Required the numbers. Ans. 3o and 40. 36. A Farmer has a stack of hay, from which he sells a...to 2. How many loads did the stack at first contain ? Ans. 45. 37. There are three pieces of cloth, whose lengths are in the proportion of 3, 5, and 7...
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The Elements of Arithmetic ... in which Decimal and Integral Arithmetic are ...

Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 258 pages
...years old. How much must he invest annually for that purpose, at 6 per cent. compound interest ? 226. A farmer has a stack of hay, from which he sells a quantity which is to the quantity remaining, as 4 to 5. He then uses 15 loads and finds that the quantity left, is to the quantity sold, as 1 to...
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