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Page 160 - How many 6-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 if each number has 3 odd and 3 even digits and no two digits are alike?
Page 140 - Q(x) to obtain a quotient (polynomial of the form g. ) plus a rational function (remainder divided by the divisor) in which the degree of the numerator is less than the degree of the denominator.
Page 158 - ... applicants of whom 8 are women and 10 are men? 19. Fifteen points lie in a plane in such a way that 5 of the points are on one straight line and, apart from these, no 3 points are collinear. Find the total number of straight lines that can be obtained by joining pairs of the 15 points. 20. How many 6-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 if each number has 3 odd and 3 even digits and no two digits are alike? 21. In how many ways can one assign to 2 soldiers different...
Page 5 - Since the reciprocal of a number is 1 divided by that number the reciprocal of a fraction is that fraction inverted.
Page 14 - A Complex Fraction is one whose numerator, or denominator, or both, are fractional; as 7, I — sf148.
Page 107 - The squares of the periods of revolution of the planets about the sun vary as the cubes of their mean distances.
Page 103 - 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.
Page 115 - Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number of squares. Now, supposing, a pint to contain...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Advanced Algebra |
| Author | William Charles Brenke |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Century Company, 1917 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 196 pages |
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