Academic Algebra

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American Book Company, 1901 - Algebra - 444 pages
 

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Page 134 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 210 - ... and if the number is divided by the sum of its digits, the quotient is 21 and the remainder 4.
Page 228 - Add to the trial divisor the figure last found, multiply this complete divisor by the figure of the root found, subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.
Page 403 - The exponent of the power to which a fixed number, called the base, must be raised in order to produce a given number is called the logarithm of the given number.
Page 225 - Then divide the first term of the remainder by the first term of the divisor...
Page 41 - A term may be transposed from one member of an equation to the other, provided its sign is changed.
Page 413 - The logarithm of any power of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number multiplied by the exponent of the power.
Page 224 - Find the square root of the first term, write it as the first term of the root, and subtract its square from the given polynomial. Divide the first term of the remainder by...
Page 76 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient.
Page 412 - The logarithm of a quotient is found by subtracting the logarithm of the divisor from that of the dividend.

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