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... drawing is often of service . 147. One village is 37 miles west and another 48 miles east of Denver . How far apart are the villages ? D B 37 , A to D 48 , D to B 85 , A to B Since it is 37 miles from A to D , and 48 miles from D to B ...
... drawing is often of service . 147. One village is 37 miles west and another 48 miles east of Denver . How far apart are the villages ? D B 37 , A to D 48 , D to B 85 , A to B Since it is 37 miles from A to D , and 48 miles from D to B ...
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... drawing is often of service . 84. One village is 48 miles west and another 37 miles west of Denver . How far apart are the villages ? A B + D 48 , A to D 37 , B to D 11 , A to B Since it is 48 miles from A to D , and 37 miles from B to ...
... drawing is often of service . 84. One village is 48 miles west and another 37 miles west of Denver . How far apart are the villages ? A B + D 48 , A to D 37 , B to D 11 , A to B Since it is 48 miles from A to D , and 37 miles from B to ...
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... Draw a diagram . 91. From a farm containing 1100 acres , the owner sold 894 acres . How many acres were left in the original farm ? 92. On Monday , Mr. Willow deposited in bank $ 325 ; on Tuesday , $ 87 ; on Wednesday , $ 87 ; on ...
... Draw a diagram . 91. From a farm containing 1100 acres , the owner sold 894 acres . How many acres were left in the original farm ? 92. On Monday , Mr. Willow deposited in bank $ 325 ; on Tuesday , $ 87 ; on Wednesday , $ 87 ; on ...
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... drawing is often of service . 146. Three villages are in a straight line ; A is 27 miles east of Denver ; B is 3 times as far west of Denver ; and C is west of Denver by twice the distance from A to B. How far is it from A to C ? C B 27 ...
... drawing is often of service . 146. Three villages are in a straight line ; A is 27 miles east of Denver ; B is 3 times as far west of Denver ; and C is west of Denver by twice the distance from A to B. How far is it from A to C ? C B 27 ...
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... drawing is often of service . 204. Three villages are in a straight line ; B is 3 times as far west as A is east of Denver ; C is twice as far west of B as B is west of Denver ; from B to C is 18 miles . to C ? How far is it from A C B ...
... drawing is often of service . 204. Three villages are in a straight line ; B is 3 times as far west as A is east of Denver ; C is twice as far west of B as B is west of Denver ; from B to C is 18 miles . to C ? How far is it from A C B ...
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Page 254 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 107 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier, supplying the deficiency, if any, by prefixing ciphers.
Page 224 - Courts have adopted the following, called the UNITED STATES RULE. Find the amount of the principal to the time of the first payment ; if the payment equals or exceeds the interest, subtract it from the amount, and regard the remainder as a new principal.
Page 90 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 272 - Pythagoras' theorem states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
Page 273 - The area of a triangle is equal to one half 'the product of its base and altitude.
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Page 69 - A number is divisible by 9, when the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Page 176 - M shown in the operation. 2. 5 compositors, in 16 days, of 14 hours each, can compose 20 sheets of 24 pages in each sheet, 50 lines in a page, and 40 letters in a line ; in...
Page 86 - Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.