| Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1820 - 352 pages
...other. The finer piece cost £18 ; but the coarser one, which was 2 yards Jonger than the finer, cost only £16. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was die price of a yard of each? Ans. There were 18 yards of the finer piece,and 20 of the coarser ; and.... | |
| Miles Bland - Geometry - 1821 - 898 pages
...finer he paid £iS; hut the coarser, which exceeded the finer in length by 2 yards, cost only JÊIO. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of a yard of each ? Let x = the number of yards of the finer ; Л x + 2 = the number of yards of the coarser,... | |
| Miles Bland - Algebra - 1824 - 404 pages
...for the finer he paid ¿£.18; but the coarser, which exceeded the finer in length by 2 yards, cost only ¿£.16. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of a yard of each ? • Let x — the number of yards of the finer ; .'. x + 2 = the number of yards of... | |
| Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1827 - 352 pages
...other. The finer piece cost .£18 ; but the coarser one, which was 2 yards longer than the finer, cost only ,£16. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of a yard of each ? Ans. There were 18 yards of the finer piece, and 20 of the coarser ; and the prices... | |
| Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1828 - 330 pages
...££4, gaining 2 shillings a head by them. How many sheep did he buy, and what was the price of each f 10. A person bought two pieces of cloth of different...there in each piece, and what was the price of each ? 1 1 . A labourer dug two trenches, one of which was 1 6 yards longer than the other, for $77.60 ;... | |
| Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1829 - 284 pages
...he buy, and what was the price of each ? 10. A person bought two pieces of cloth of different forts; of which the finer cost 4s. a yard more than the other....there in each piece. and what was the price of each ? 1 1. A labourer dug two trenches, one of which was 1fi yards longer than the other, for $"V7.GO;... | |
| Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1830 - 290 pages
...for £54, gaining 2 shillings a head by them. How many sheep did he buy, and what was 'the price..of each ? 10. A person bought two pieces of cloth of...there in each piece, and what was the price of each ? 1 1 . A labourer dug two trenches, one of which was 1 6 yards longer than the other, for $77.60 ;... | |
| William Smyth - Algebra - 1830 - 278 pages
...; for the finer he paid £18 ; but the coarser, which exceeded the finer in length by 2 yards, cost only £16. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of a yard of each ? 7. A man travelled 105 miles, and then found that if he had not travelled so fast... | |
| Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1831 - 282 pages
...he reserved 15, and sold the remainder for £54, gaining 2 shillings a head by them. How many cheep did he buy, and what was the price of each ? 10. A...there in each piece, and what was the price of each ? 1Д. A labourer dug two trenches, one of which was 16 yards longer than the other, for $77.60 ; and... | |
| Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1831 - 354 pages
...other. The finer piece cost £18 ; but the coarser one, which was 2 yards longer than the finer, cost only £16. How many yards were there in each piece, and what was the price of a yard of each 1 Ans. There were 1 8 yards of the finer piece, and 20 of the coarser ; and the prices... | |
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