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" Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. "
A general view of the sciences and arts - Page 97
by William Jillard Hort - 1822
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A Complete Treatise on the Mensuration of Timber: Containing, Besides All ...

James Thompson - Forests and forestry - 1805 - 100 pages
...and reduce the terms as in the rule of three direct in decimals, then multiply the firft and fecond terms together, and divide the product by the third, the quotient •will be the anfwer. EXAMPLE. What length of a board 9 inches broad will make a fquare foot, or as much as...
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The New Complete System of Arithmetick: Composed for the Use of the Citizens ...

Nicolas Pike - Arithmetic - 1807 - 370 pages
...which one wi.uld perform the work ; iherefotv, 8 men will do :t in cigluh part of the time, or 6 days, terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the anfwer, in the fame denomination as the middle term was reduced into. If there be fractions...
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The American Tutor's Guide: Being a Compendium of Arithmetic. In Six Parts ...

James Thompson - Arithmetic - 1808 - 176 pages
...less requires more. RULE.— As in the Rule of Three Direct, state and prepare the question ; then multiply the first and second terms tog-ether, and...divide the product by the third. The quotient will be the answer in the name, or denomination ofthe second. EXAMPLES. 1. A captain of a ship, being provided...
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The Teachers Assistant. Or, A System of Practical Arithmetic: Wherein the ...

Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...for the sugar ? Ans. 43gyb. INVERSE PROPORTION. RULE. Prepare the terms as in Direct Proportion, then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third. Or, • Invert the third term, and multiply the three terms together as in Multiplication. / , , EXAMPLES....
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A System of Practical Arithmetic: Applicable to the Present State of Trade ...

Jeremiah Joyce - Arithmetic - 1812 - 274 pages
...same proportion to the second, that the first does to the third. RULE. State tin: question, and, when necessary, reduce the terms as before. Multiply the...terms together, and divide the product by the third term; the quotient is the answer in the same denomination as the second term ; thus in the foregoing...
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Easy Introduction to Mathematics, Volume 1

Charles Butler - 1814 - 540 pages
...than the second. 135. RULE I. State the question, and reduce the term as in the foregoing rule. II. Multiply the first and second terms together, and...divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination the second term was left in m. Method of proof. Reverse the...
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The American Arithmetic: Adapted to the Currency of the United States; to ...

Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1857 - 244 pages
...which is of the same name, the first term ; and the other remaining number must be the middle term ; multiply the first and second terms together, and...divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer required.* Examples. ' 1. If 8 men can build a tower in 12 days ; I demand how long it...
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Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain ...

Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1815 - 250 pages
...belongs to Inverse Proportion. RULE. ' 1 State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together^ and...divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the Answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. \ ' EXAMPLE8. 1. If 12...
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Every Man His Own Teacher: Or, Lancaster's Theory of Education, Practically ...

John Preston - Arithmetic - 1817 - 538 pages
...harvest a field of wheat in 2 days, in what time can 8 men do the same work ? Answer, 1 day. RULE. Multiply the first and second terms together and divide the product by the third, the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. OPERATION. men. d. men, 4 : 2 :: 8 2 8)8(1 day, answer. In this example...
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The Teachers' Assistant, Or, A System of Practical Arithmetic: Wherein the ...

Arithmetic - 1817 - 214 pages
...ytrd« coil? S*. s. yit. 2 : ill! 4 2)24 12 Answer. * HULE FOR INVERSE PROPORTION. Multiply the Erst and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination aa Die stccu J or that to wnich the second was reduced. EXAMPLE....
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