 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1813 - 456 pages
...5-Jounces, and that of a cubic inch of tin 4± ounces. Ans. 420 oz. of copper, and 85 oz. of tin 29. A privateer, running at the rate of 10 miles an hour, discovers a vessel 18 miles a head of her, making way at the rate of 8 miles an hour; how many miles will the latter... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1818 - 326 pages
...6£ ounces, and that of a cubic inch of tin 41 ounces. Ans. 420 oz. of copper, and 86 oz. of tin 20. A privateer running at the rate of 10 miles an hour, discovers a vessel 13 miles a head of her, making way at the rate of 8 miles an hour ; how many miles will the... | |
 | Leonhard Euler - Algebra - 1821 - 380 pages
...be s, and their , as , bs proportion as a to e. Ans. — — =• ana — — j-. 1 ra + ba + b 125. A privateer, running at the rate of 10 miles an hour,...miles off making way at the rate of 8 miles an hour ; it is demanded how many miles the ship can run before she will be overtaken.? Ans. 72. 126. A gentleman... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - Arithmetic - 1825 - 394 pages
...may be s, and their proas bs portion as a to o. Jlns. — ;— r and — ; — ;. a -\- ba -f- 6 125. A privateer running at the rate of 10 miles an hour,...miles off making way at the rate of 8 miles an hour; it is demanded how many miles the ship can run before she will be overtaken ? Ans. 72. 12(3. A gentleman... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - Arithmetic - 1825 - 404 pages
...numbers, whose sum may be s, and their os . bs proportion as a to o. Ans. 7 and — — r. a + ba + b 125. A privateer, running at the rate of 10 miles an hour, discovers a ship 18 miles oil' making way at the rate of 8 miles an hour ; it is demanded how many miles the ship can run before... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - Algebra - 1825 - 294 pages
...I have, the sum will exceed the number of crowns I have by one : what was the number? Ans. 12. 55. A privateer running at the rate of 10 miles an hour discovers a ship 1 8 miles off making way at the rate of 8 miles an hour : how many miles can the ship run before being... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - 1825 - 570 pages
...I have, the sum will exceed the number of crowns I have by one : what was the number? Ans. 12. 55. A privateer running at the rate of 10 miles an hour discovers a ship 1 8 miles off making way at the rate of 8 miles an hour : how many miles can the ship run before being... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1825 - 336 pages
...SJ ounces, and that of a cubic inch of tin 4J ounces. Ans. 420 oz. of copper, and 85 oz. of tin 20. A privateer, running at the rate of 10 miles an hour, discovers a vessel 18 miles ahead of her, making way at the rate of 8 miles an hour ; how many miles will the latter... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - Algebra - 1831 - 324 pages
...I have, the sum will exceed the number of crowns I have by one : what was the number ? Ans. 12. 55. A privateer running at the rate of 10 miles an hour...18 miles off making way at the rate of 8 miles an hours; : how many miles can the ship run before being overtaken ? 56. A hare is 50 leaps before a grey-hound,... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - Algebra - 1835 - 258 pages
...? Let x = the hour. Then 12 — x •== time to midnight. , , 48 — 4* And x = — — — . 0 7. A privateer, running at the rate of 10 miles an hour, discovers a ship 18 miles off, making way at th* rate of 8 miles an hour. In how many hours will the ship be overtaken ? 8. Required two numbers,... | |
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A privateer running at the rate of 10 miles an hour discovers a ship 1 8 miles off making way at the rate of 8 miles an hour : how many miles can the ship run before being overtaken? 
