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4th power a²b a²b² a²b³ a²x a²x² a³b a³x ab² ab³ algebraic arithmetical progression ax² ax³ binomial bushels cents clearing of fractions coefficient common difference completing the square consequently cube Divide dividend divisor equal EXAMPLES extracting the square extremes of four factors find the values following RULE four numbers fourth power geometrical progression Given x² Hence least common multiple merator miles moidores monomial Multiply mx² negative number of terms numbers in geometrical obtain one-fourth one-third POLYNOMIALS quadratic QUADRATIC EQUATIONS quotient ratio Reduce regularly descend represent the number Required the numbers Required the sum result signs solution square root subtract three numbers Transpose transposition unknown quantities values of x whence x²y x³y x³y³ xy³ yards ах ха
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Page 41 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 135 - There are three numbers in geometrical progression, whose sum is 14, and the sum of the first and second is to the sum of the second and third as 1 to 2 ; required the numbers. Ans.
Page 122 - The difference between the first and second terms of a proportion is to the second, as the difference between the third and fourth is to the fourth. The given proportion, a : b : : c : d, , ... ac may be written, 6~d...
Page 133 - There are three numbers in arithmetical progression, whose sum is 21 ; and the sum of the first and second is to the sum of the second and third as 3 to 4. Required the numbers! Ans. 5, 7, 9.
Page 90 - C in ten days ; how many days would it take each to perform the same work alone ? Ans.
Page 120 - When three magnitudes are proportionals, the first is said to have to the third the duplicate ratio of that which it has to the second.
Page 2 - At a meeting of the Controllers of Public Schools, First District of Pennsylvania, held at the CONTROLLERS...
Page 122 - COMPOSITION ; that is, the sum of the first and second, will be to the second, as the sum of the third and fourth, is to the fourth.
Page 70 - A man and his wife usually drank out a cask of beer in 12 days ; but when the man was from home, it lasted the woman 30 days ; how many days would the man alone be in drinking it ? Ans.
Page 35 - To reduce fractions to a common denominator. RULE Multiply each numerator by all the denominators, except its own, for a new numerator ; and multiply all the denominators together for a new denominator.