 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1820 - 352 pages
...other. The finer piece cost £18 ; but the coarser one, which was 2 yards Jonger than the finer, cost only £16. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was die price of a yard of each? Ans. There were 18 yards of the finer piece,and 20 of the coarser ; and.... | |
 | Miles Bland - Geometry - 1821 - 898 pages
...finer he paid £iS; hut the coarser, which exceeded the finer in length by 2 yards, cost only JÊIO. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of a yard of each ? Let x = the number of yards of the finer ; Л x + 2 = the number of yards of the coarser,... | |
 | Miles Bland - Algebra - 1824 - 404 pages
...for the finer he paid ¿£.18; but the coarser, which exceeded the finer in length by 2 yards, cost only ¿£.16. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of a yard of each ? • Let x — the number of yards of the finer ; .'. x + 2 = the number of yards of... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1826 - 290 pages
...£54, gaining 2 shillings a head by them. How many sheep did he buy, and what was the price of each ? yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of each ? • I . 11. A labourer dug two trenches, one of which was 16 yards longer than the other, for $77.60... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1827 - 352 pages
...other. The finer piece cost .£18 ; but the coarser one, which was 2 yards longer than the finer, cost only ,£16. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of a yard of each ? Ans. There were 18 yards of the finer piece, and 20 of the coarser ; and the prices... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1828 - 292 pages
...men, which he would dfaw up in a solid body of an oblong form, so that each rank may exceed each file by 59 men. What numbers must he place in rank and...12. There are two square buildings, that are paved witli stones each a foot square. The side of one building exceeds that of the other by 12 feet, and... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1830 - 278 pages
...; for the finer he paid £18 ; but the coarser, which exceeded the finer in length by 2 yards, cost only £16. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of a yard of each ? 7. A man travelled 105 miles, and then found that if he had not travelled so fast... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1831 - 354 pages
...other. The finer piece cost £18 ; but the coarser one, which was 2 yards longer than the finer, cost only £16. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of a yard of each 1 Ans. There were 1 8 yards of the finer piece, and 20 of the coarser ; and the prices... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - Algebra - 1835 - 258 pages
...more than the other, cost £18. But the coarser piece, which was 2 yards longer than the finer, cost only £16. How many yards were there in each piece ? and what was the price of a yard of each ? 20. An officer would arrange 1200 men in a solid body, so that each rank may exceed... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1836 - 286 pages
...£18 ; but for the coarser, which exceeded the finer in length by 2 yards, he paid only £16. ;ífr>w many yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of each ? 1 1 . A labourer dug two trenches, one of which was 1 б yards longer than the other, for $77.60... | |
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... shillings a head by them. How many sheep did he buy, and what was the price of each ? 10. A person bought two pieces of cloth of different sorts; of which the finer cost 4s. a yard more than the other. For the finer he paid £18 ; but for the coarser,... 
