| Education - 1848 - 542 pages
...Proposed by Peter Parley. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of lih. a head ; after being at sea 20 days, she encounters a storm, in which 5 men are lost, and damage sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, and it is found that each man's allowance... | |
| Harvey Goodwin - Mathematics - 1851 - 196 pages
...find their values. 4. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of 1 lb. a head ; after being at sea 20 days she encounters...found that each man's allowance must be reduced to -£ lb. ; find the original number of the crew. 5. If a, b, and so be positive, and a > b, prove that... | |
| Barnard Smith - 1857 - 740 pages
...<sAr=6. (2) a 4- v6 a 2. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. a head : after being at sea 20 days she encounters a storm, in which 6 men are washed overboard, and damage sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, and it is found... | |
| Isaac Todhunter - Algebra - 1858 - 530 pages
...rates be kept? 31. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. a head; after being at sea 20 days she encounters...found that each man's allowance must be reduced to five-sevenths of a pound. Find the original number of the crew, 32. A cask A contains 12 gallons of... | |
| Henry Pix - 1861 - 116 pages
...ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. per man ; after sailing 20 days she encounters a storm, in which 5 men are washed overboard, and damage sustained which caused a delay of 24 days, and it is found that each man-s allowance must be reduced to f Ib.... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1863 - 338 pages
...number. Ans. 3. 77. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. a head. After being at sea 20 days, she encounters...damage sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, when it is found that each man's allowance must bo reduced to five sevenths of a pound. Find the original... | |
| Isaac Todhunter - Algebra - 1866 - 580 pages
...the reduction. 38. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for CO days, at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. a head; after being at sea 20 days she encounters...found that each man's allowance must be reduced to five-sevenths of a pound. Find the original number of the crew. XL SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS OF THE FIRST... | |
| Isaac Todhunter - Algebra - 1866 - 618 pages
...consumption increases one-half, but the revenue falls one-third. Find the duty per cwt. after the reduction. encounters a storm in which 5 men are washed overboard,...found that each man's allowance must be reduced to five-sevenths of a pound. Find the original number of the crew. XI. SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS OF THE FIEST... | |
| Isaac Todhunter - Algebra - 1870 - 626 pages
...the reduction. 38. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of a pound a head ; after being at sea 20 days she encounters...delay of 24 days, and it is found that each man's daily allowance must be reduced to fivesevenths of a pound. Find the original number of the crew. XI.... | |
| Isaac Todhunter - 1870 - 818 pages
...the reduction. 38. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of a pound a head; after being at sea 20 days she encounters...sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, and it is fouad that each man's daily allowance must be reduced to fivesevenths of a pound. Find the original... | |
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