New Elementary Algebra: In which the First Principles of Analysis are Progressively Developed and Simplified : for Common Schools and Academies

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Robert S. Davis & Company, 1864 - Algebra - 324 pages
 

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Page 55 - That is, the square of the sum of two quantities is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Page 183 - Find the greatest square in the first- period on the left, and place its root on the right after the manner of a quotient in division. Subtract the square of the root from the first period, and to the remainder bring down the second period for a dividend.
Page 305 - ... that is, Any term of a geometric series is equal to the product of the first term, by the ratio raised to a power, whose exponent is one less than the number of terms. EXAMPLES. 1.
Page 73 - The LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE, of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Define a Multiple. Define a Common Multiple of two or more quan.
Page 291 - If any number of quantities are proportional, any antecedent is to its consequent as the sum of all the antecedents is to the sum of all the consequents. Let a : b = c : d = e :f Now ab = ab (1) and by Theorem I.
Page 46 - The exponent of a letter in the quotient is equal to its exponent in the dividend, minus its exponent in the divisor. 439. Let it be required to divide a* by a1.
Page 294 - ... two triangles are to each other as the products of their bases by their altitudes.
Page 53 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Page 213 - I. Divide the coefficient of the dividend by the coefficient of the divisor.
Page 298 - After the same method of reasoning, we infer that the sum of any two terms equidistant from the extremes is equal to the sum of the extremes.

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