| Thomas Leybourn - Mathematics - 1817 - 442 pages
...of the number of days in which they meet, increasing each succeeding day's journey by three miles. In how many days will they meet, and how many miles will each hare travelled ? Answered by Mr. R. Hull. They \vould meet in 6 days : The footman from Norwich travelled... | |
| Miles Bland - Geometry - 1821 - 898 pages
...and В set out from London at the same time, to go round the world (-23661 miles), one going East, the other West. A goes one mile the first day, two the second, and so on. В goes 20 miles a day. In how many days will they meet ; and how many miles will be travelled... | |
| Miles Bland - Algebra - 1824 - 404 pages
...A and В set out from London at the same time, to go round the world (2366l miles) one going East, the other West. A goes one mile the first day, two the second, and so on. В goes 20 miles a day. In how many days will they meet; and how many miles will be travelled... | |
| Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1828 - 330 pages
...x, y, &c. for the unknown quantities. 4. A and B set out from London to go round the world, (24990 miles,) one going East and the other West. A goes...the first day, two the second, three the third, and ?o on, increasing his rate one mile per day. B goes 20 miles a day. In how many days will they meet,... | |
| John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1829 - 212 pages
...20. Two persons, A and B, at the distance of 462 miles, set out at the same time to meet each other : A goes one mile the first day, two the second, three the third, &c., and B travels each day a number of miles which is equal to the cube of the number of miles that... | |
| Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1831 - 282 pages
...x, y, &c. for the unknown quantities. 4. A and В set out from London to go round the world, (24990 miles,) one going East and the other West. A goes...third, and so on, increasing his rate one mile per day. В goes 20 miles a day. In how many days will they meet, and how many miles will each travel ? » 5.... | |
| John Radford Young - Algebra - 1832 - 408 pages
...Ans. 6 silver coins and 18 copper coins. 13. A traveller sets out for a certain place, and travels one mile the first day, two the second, three the third, and so on ; in 5 days afterwards another sets out, and travels 12 miles a day. How long and how far must he travel... | |
| William Smyth - Algebra - 1833 - 288 pages
...miles) one going East and the other West. A goes one mile the first day, two the second and so on. B goes 20 miles a day. In how many days will they meet; and how many miles will be travelled by each ? Ans. They travel 198 days ; A goes 19701, and B 3960 miles. 10. The sum of three... | |
| William Smyth - Algebra - 1836 - 288 pages
...numbers. Ans. 5, 10, 20, 40. 9. A and B set out from London at the same time, to go round the world (23601 miles) one going East and the other West. A goes one mile the first day, two the second and so on. B goes 20 miles a day. In how many days will they meet; and how many miles will be travelled... | |
| James Bryce - Algebra - 1837 - 322 pages
...persons, A and B, set out together from London, to travel round the world, a distance of 23661 miles, the one going east and the other west. A goes one mile the first day, two the second, and so on. В goes 20 miles a day. In how many days will they meet, and how far will each travel ?... | |
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