Grammar-school Algebra: Seventy-five Suggestive Lessons for Beginners

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Werner School Book Company, 1895 - Algebra - 144 pages
 

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Page 73 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 112 - 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 44 - The square of the difference of two quantities is equal to the square of the first minus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Page 45 - ... the product of the two, plus the square of the second. In the third case, we have (a + b) (a — 6) = a2 — b2. (3) That is, the product of the sum and difference of two quantities is equal to the difference of their squares.
Page 95 - The sum of the distances which three persons, A, B and C, have travelled, is 62 miles ; A's distance is equal to 4 times C's, added to twice B's ; and twice A's added to 3 times B's, is equal to 17 times C's. What are the respective distances 1 Prob.

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