 Four places are situated in the order of the letters A, B, C, D. The distance from A to D is 34 miles. The distance from A to B is to the distance from C to D as 2 to 3. And ^ of the distance from A to B, added to half the distance from C to D, is three...  A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Algebra ... - Page 59by Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1848 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
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