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Page 160 - ... said he, I have not a hundred, but if I had as many more, and half as many more, and two geese and a half, I should have a hundred.
Page 128 - In a series of equal ratios, the sum of the antecedents is to the sum of the consequents as any antecedent is to its consequent.
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Page 148 - Multiply £ the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and the product will be the answer 10.
Page 191 - Divide the number 14 into two such parts, that the quotient of the greater divided by the less, shall be to the quotient of the less divided by the greater as 16 to 9.
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Page 66 - Divide the coefficient of the dividend by the coefficient of the divisor.
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