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" A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9Z6. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together : what was the weight of the fish? "
Elements of Algebra: Tr. from the French of M. Bourdon. Revised and Adapted ... - Page 70
by Charles Davies - 1835 - 353 pages
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The Mathematical Repository: Containing Analytical Solutions of Near Five ...

James Dodson - Algebra - 1775 - 356 pages
...XXVIII. A filb was caught whofe tail weighed gib, his head weighed as much as his tail aid ,¡ hi» body ; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail : What did the fitti weigh ? Suppofe the body weighed *lb. * x Then ----- pj — — weight of the...
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Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors and Intended to be the ..., Volume 1

Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...Ana. 233 for one and 142 for the other. 7. There is a fish, whose fail weighs 9lb. his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail ; what is the • whole wejght of the fish ? Ans. 72lb. 8....
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An Introduction to Algebra: With Notes and Observations; Designed for the ...

John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1806 - 234 pages
...what is its whole length ? Ans. 24 feet. 9. There is a fifl1 whofe tail weighs gib. his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail; what is the whole weight of the filh ? Ans. 72$. 10. After...
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An Introduction to Algebra: With Notes and Observations : Designed for the ...

John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1818 - 326 pages
...will they meet ? Ans. 6 days 13f hours. 24. There is a fish whose tail weighs Sib., his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail ; what is the whole weight of the fish ? . Aas. THb. 25. It...
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Elements of Geometry

Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1819 - 574 pages
...what was the time past ? Ans. 54 years. 59. There is a fish whose tail weighs 9lbs., his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail : what is the whole weight of the fish 2 .'lus. 721 bs. 60. There...
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Geometrical Problems Deducible from the First Six Books of Euclid, Arranged ...

Miles Bland - Geometry - 1821 - 898 pages
...; whence 48 Ibs. were sent for. 43. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 9 Ibs. ; his head weighed as much as his tail, and half his body ; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh ? .: 9 + 9 + ¿r = 2* ; by transposition, 18 = x ; Л the fish weighed 36 +...
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Algebraical Problems, Producing Simple and Quadratic Equations, with Their ...

Miles Bland - Algebra - 1824 - 404 pages
...*=24; whence 48lbs. were sent for. 43. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 9lbs.; his head weighed as much as his tail, and half his body; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh ? Let 2 x = the number of Ibs. the body weighed; then 9 + x = the weight of...
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra: Theoretical and Practical

James Ryan, Robert Adrain - Algebra - 1824 - 542 pages
...1644 dollars respectively. Prob. 23. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 91hs. ; his heai weighed as much as his tail, and half his body , and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh Let 2x= the number of Ibs. the body weighed ; then 9+^==the weight of the tail...
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra: Theoretical and Practical

James Ryan - Algebra - 1824 - 550 pages
...respectively. Prob. 23. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 91bs. ; his head weighed as much as bis tail, aud half his body ; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh Let 2x— the number of Ibs. the body weighed ; then 9+a;=the weight of the4a&fc*<&...
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Elements of Algebra

Silvestre François Lacroix - Algebra - 1825 - 294 pages
...what was the time past? Ans. 54 years. 59. There is a fish whose tail weighs 9 Ibs., his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail : what is the whole weight of the fish ? Ans. 72 Ibs. 60. There...
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