A College Algebra

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Ginn, 1888 - Algebra - 494 pages
 

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Page 21 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor.
Page 20 - To divide a polynomial by a monomial, divide each term of the polynomial by the monomial: (Sab — 12ac) -i- 4a = 36 — 3c.
Page 27 - The square root of a number is one of the two equal factors of the number.
Page 155 - If the product of two numbers is equal to the product of two others, either two may be made the extremes of a proportion and the other two the means. For, if ad = be, then, dividing by bd, ad_ be bd~bd' ac or j- — -
Page 359 - Form all the possible products of n elements each that can be formed by taking one, and only one, element from each row, and one, and only one, element from each column...
Page 487 - The modulus of the product of two complex numbers is the product of their moduli, and the amplitude of the product is the sum of their amplitudes.
Page 157 - In a series of equal ratios, the sum of the antecedents is to the sum of the consequents as any antecedent is to its consequent.
Page 155 - The equation ad = be gives a — -£, b = — ; so that an d с extreme may be found by dividing the product of the means by the other extreme ; and a mean may be found by dividing the product of the extremes by the other mean.
Page 173 - ... 16. The volume of a sphere varies as the cube of its diameter. Compare the volume of a sphere...
Page 67 - The coefficient of the second term is the same as the exponent of the power to which the binomial is raised.

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