Standard Algebra

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American Book Company, 1908 - Algebra - 464 pages
 

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Page 217 - ... subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.
Page 71 - 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. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Page 428 - The logarithm of any power of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number multiplied by the exponent of the power.
Page 368 - That is, in any proportion, either extreme is equal to the product of the means divided by the other extreme; and either mean is equal to the product of the extremes divided by the other mean.
Page 123 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 368 - ... a mean proportional between two numbers is equal to the square root of their product.
Page 213 - 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 205 - The coefficient of any term may be found by multiplying the coefficient of the preceding term by the exponent of a in that term, and dividing this product by the number of the term.
Page 356 - Two or more inequalities are said to subsist in the same sense when the first member is the greater or the less in both. Thus, a > b and c> d subsist in the same sense.

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