 | Arithmetic - 1829 - 196 pages
...If; that is, y is the ratio of 5 quarts to 12 quarts. 4. What is the ratio of £5 to £3 7 Ans. g. . The first term, of a ratio is called the ANTECEDENT, and the last the CONSEQUENT. 163. The RATIO is expressed hy making the consequent the NUMERATOR, and the antecedent... | |
 | Silas Totten - Algebra - 1836 - 360 pages
...to the ratio 18 18 : 6, or -77- ; and these two ratios form the proportion, 12:4 = 18:6, or^=^. 4 o The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. The first and last terms of a proportion are called the extreme terms, the second... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - Geometry - 1837 - 216 pages
...than B. The sign < is less than. Thus, A < B is A less than B. A2 indicates the second power of A, A3 the third power, &c. A ratio or fraction is the quotient...the ratio of A to B is A : B, or it may just as well be writA ten in the form of a fraction, as — . x> The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent,... | |
 | Osman Call - Arithmetic - 1842 - 210 pages
...XXII. Proportion. Proportion is composed of ratios. A ratio is composed of antecedent and consequent. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. The ratio which one number bears to another, may be found by dividing the second... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - 1844 - 262 pages
...between them. Thus The ratio of 12 to 4 is expressed by 12 : 4 of 17 to 9 by 17 : 9 of a to b by a : b. The first term of a ratio is called the Antecedent, and the last term the Consequent. The antecedents in the preceding ratios are therefore 12, 17, and a, and... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1852 - 348 pages
...Thus, The ratio of 12 to 4 is expressed by 12 : 4. " 19 to 9 " " by 19 : 9. " a to * " " by a : b. 328. The first term of a ratio is called the Antecedent, and the last term the Consequent. The antecedents in the preceding ratios are therefore 12, 19, and a; 'and... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - Geometry - 1855 - 184 pages
...Thus, Ji <^ B is A less than B. A2 indicates the second power of A, »$3 the third power, &c. A raito or fraction is the quotient of one quantity divided...the ratio of A to B is A : B, or it may just as well r\ be written in the form of a fraction, as — . B the second the consequent. Thus, A is the antecedent... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Algebra - 1868 - 264 pages
...a divided by b. 193. The TERMS of a ratio are the quantities compared, whether simple or compound. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the other the consequent ; and the two terms together are called a couplet. 194. An INVERSE, or RECIPROCAL... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - Geometry - 1871 - 192 pages
...than B. The sign < is less than. Thus, A<^BisA less than B. A 2 indicates the second power of A, A 5 the third power, &c. A ratio or fraction is the quotient...be written in the form of a fraction, as —. B the second the consequent. Thus, A is the antecedent of the preceding ratio, and B its consequent. The... | |
 | Richard Wormell - 1876 - 268 pages
...kind is the relation between them in respect to the number of times the first contains the second. 56. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent and the second term the consequent. 57. In considering the ratio of two magnitudes three cases may occur : — 1.... | |
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The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. 
