 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1807 - 464 pages
...broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 10 feet distance from the foot of the pole; what was the height of the whole may-pole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 26 feet? Ans. 50 feet. QUEST. 39. Seven men bought a grinding stone, of 6O inches diameter, each paying... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 494 pages
...broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 10 feet distmce from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 26 feet? Ans. 50 feet, QUEST. 39. Seven men bought a grinding stone, of 60 Inches diameter, each paying... | |
 | John Gummere - Surveying - 1814 - 398 pages
...off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the foot of the pole : what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet? Ans. 75 feet. 6. At a certain place the angle of elevation of an inaccessible tower was 26° 30'; but measuring 75... | |
 | John Gummere - Plane trigonometry - 1817 - 392 pages
...off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the foot of the pole : what was the height of the whole Maypole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 3 9 feet? Ans. 75lfeet. 6. At a certain place the angle of elevation of an inaccessible tower was 26°... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 10 feet distance from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the whole may-pole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 20 feet ? Ans. 50 feet. QUEST. 39. Seven men botight a grinding stone, of CO inches diameter, each... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...broken off by the wind, struck the ground at la feet distance from the bottom of the pole; what was the height of the whole may-pole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet? 145. — What will the diameter of a globe be, when its solidity and superficial content are equal... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1829 - 256 pages
...off Tiy a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the bottom of the pole : what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the length...of the broken piece to be 39 feet ? Ans. 75 feet. 24. What will the diameter of a globe be, when the solidity and superficial content thereof are represented... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1831 - 632 pages
...ofl' by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the length...of the broken piece to be 39 feet ? Ans. 75 feet. QUEST. 34. Seven men bought a grinding-stone of 60 inches diameter, each paying I part of the expense... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Measurement - 1833 - 310 pages
...off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the bottom of the pole : what was the height of the whole May-pole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet ? Ans. Ib/eet. r 24. What will the diameter of a globe be, when the solidity and superficial content thereof... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Measurement - 1835 - 308 pages
...ground at 15 feet distance from the bottom of the pole : what was the height of the whole may. pole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet? Ans. TSfeet. 24. What will the diameter of a globe be, when the solidity and superficial content thereof... | |
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May-pole, whose top was broken off" by a blast of wind, struck the ground at the distance of 15 feet from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the whole May-pole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet ? 
