 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1818 - 254 pages
...12 : 4 : : 18 : 6.w Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last ternis are called the extremes, and the second and third the means of that proportion. 98. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following manner, viz.... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1821 - 648 pages
...or, in other words, that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6.cb) Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means of that proportion. 98. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following manner, viz.... | |
 | John Radford Young - Euclid's Elements - 1827 - 246 pages
...its consequent. 8. If the number of magnitudes so related be but four, they are denominated simply a proportion ; the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the intermediate terms the means. 9. The antecedents are called homologous, or like terms, and the same... | |
 | Pierce Morton - Geometry - 1830 - 584 pages
...constitute a proportion, which is thus written, A : В : : С : D. te " A is to В as С is to D." Of a proportion, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means ; thus A, D are the extremes, and В, С the means, of the proportion A : B: : С : D. The terms A... | |
 | Mathematics - 1835 - 684 pages
...constitute a proportion, which is thus written, A : В : : С : D. ie " A is to В as С is to D." Of a proportion, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means ; thus A, D are the extremes, and В, С the means, of the proportion A : B; : С : D. The terms A... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1836 - 394 pages
...C : D, and read, A is to B as C is to D. The quantities which are compared together are called the terms of the proportion. The first and last terms are called the two extremes, and the second and third terms, the two means. 3. Of four proportional quantities, the... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1839 - 280 pages
...or, in other words, that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6. :" Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of that proportion. 06. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following manner, viz.... | |
 | Algebra - 1839 - 368 pages
...: C : D. and read, A is to B, as C to D. The quantities which are compared together are called the terms of the proportion. The first and last terms are called the two extremes, and the second and third terms the two means. 170. Of four proportional quantities, the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1839 - 272 pages
...: : C : D; and read, A is to B as C to D. The quantities which are compared together are called the terms of the proportion. The first and last terms are called the two extremes, and the second and third terms, the two means. Thus, A and D are the extremes, and B... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...or, in other words, that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6.* Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of that proportion. 79. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following manner, viz.... | |
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The quantities which are compared together are called the terms of the proportion. The first and last terms are called the two extremes, and the second and third terms, the two means. 
