Algebra1879 |
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Page 35 - Find the value of one of the unknown quantities, in terms of the other and known quantities...
Page 76 - If the illumination from a source of light varies inversely as the square of the distance, how much farther from a candle must a book, which is now 15 inches off, be removed, so as to receive just one-third as much light ? 20.
Page 26 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 99 - The logarithm of a product is the sum of the logarithms of the factors.
Page 73 - A man starts from the foot of a mountain to walk to its summit. His rate of walking during the second half of the distance is £ mile per hour less than his rate during the first half, and he reaches the summit in 5^- hours.
Page 76 - When four quantities are proportionals, the product of the extremes is equal to the product of the means. Let a, b, c, d be the four quantities ; then since they are prost С portionals r = -j, (Art.
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Page 1 - The sign of subtraction, — , is read minus. It denotes that the quantity to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted. Thus, a — 6 denotes that 6 is to be subtracted from a.
Page 17 - Any quantity may be transposed from one side of an equation to the other, if, at the same time, its sign, be changed.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Algebra |
| Author | C R. Lupton |
| Published | 1879 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Sep 2006 |
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