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acre altitude amount angles annual annuity average balance bank base bill bought brokerage bushel called capital cause cent circle coins commission common compound contains cost cube cubic debt diameter difference discount divided dividend dollars draft effect equal equated exchange EXERCISES extremes face feet figure Find francs gain gallons given gold Hence inches Insurance interest invested length less loss marks mean measure miles months number of terms OPERATION paid payable payment percentage period person piece pound premium principal proceeds profit progression proportional ratio received remainder rods root Rule selling share side silver simple sold square square root surface TABLE third triangle units volume weight whole wide worth WRITTEN yard York
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| Title | The Complete Arithmetic, Part 2 The Complete Arithmetic, Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co |
| Author | Daniel W. Fish |
| Contributor | Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co |
| Publisher | Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Feb 2007 |
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