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Page 314 - In any proportion the terms are in proportion by Composition and Division; that is, the sum of the first two terms is to their difference, as the sum of the last two terms is to their difference.
Page 72 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, the result will be the first term of the quotient.
Page 352 - That is, the number of combinations of n dissimilar things r at a time is equal to the number of combinations of the n things n — r at a time.
Page 349 - We will now derive a formula for the number of permutations of n things, taken all at a time, when some of them are alike.
Page 214 - ... term by the exponent of a in that term, and dividing the product by a number greater by 1 than the exponent of b in that term.
Page 311 - IF the first be the same multiple of the second, or the same part of it, that the third is of the fourth ; the first is to the second, as the third is to the fourth...
Page 315 - In a series of equal ratios, any antecedent is to its consequent, as the sum of all the antecedents is to the sum of all the consequents. Let a: 6 = c: d = e :/. Then, by Art.
Page 177 - If necessary, multiply the given equations by such numbers as will make the coefficients of one of the unknown numbers in the resulting equations of equal absolute value.
Page 93 - That is, the difference of the squares of two numbers is exactly divisible by the sum of the numbers, and also by the difference of the numbers, taken in the same order...
Page 332 - Evidently the sum can be made to differ from 2 by as little as we please, by taking a sufficient number of terms.