 | L. Despiau - Amusements - 1801 - 428 pages
...= 96. PROB. iv. The head ofajijh is 9 inches in length',. its tail is as long as the head and half the body, and the body is, as long as the head and the tail, What is the length ofthefjh,? Let the head be exprefled by a, the tail by *, and the body... | |
 | William Enfield (M.A.) - Mathematical recreations - 1821 - 304 pages
...= 96. PROBLEM IT. The head of a fah is 9 inches in length, its tail is as long as the head and half the body, and the body is as long as the head and the tail. What is the length of the Jish? Let the head be expressed by a, the tail by x, and the body... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1825 - 372 pages
...fish ? r/ > Ans. 32 Ibs. Represent the weight of the body by x. 16. There is a fish whose head is 4 inches long, the tail is twice the length of the head, added to -| of the length of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail both. What is the whole... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1830 - 290 pages
...the weight of the fish? Represent the weight of the body by a;. "T5. There is a fish whose head is 4 inches long, the tail is twice the length of the head,...added to f of the length of the body, and the body IK as long as the head and tail both. What is the whole length of the fish ? 17. A and B talking of... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1844 - 280 pages
...the weight of the fish? Represent the weight of the body by x. 16. There is a fish whose head is 4 inches long, the tail is twice the length of the head, added to f of the length of the body, and ths body is as long as the head and tail both. What is the whole length of the fish? 'V<?= "L & 17.... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1844 - 280 pages
....Represent the weight of -the body by *. 16. 'There i$ a fish whose head is 4 inches long, the tail « twice the length of the head, added to f of the length of the body, and ths body is as long as the head and tail both. What is the whole length of the fish? 17. A and B talking... | |
 | George Hutton (arithmetic master, King's coll. sch.) - 1844 - 274 pages
...weight of each cup ? 4. The head of a fish is 9 inches long, the tail is as long as the head and half the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail together ; what is the length of the whole fish? Ans. 72 inches. 5. A person wishing to relieve a certain... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Mental arithmetic - 1849 - 176 pages
...inches; the 8 inches must be f— 5, which is 5 of the length of the body, &c. long as the head + i of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail together ; what is the length of the fish 1 3. The head of a fish is 12 inches long, the tail is as... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 248 pages
...number ? 36. There is a fish whoso head is 6 inches long, and the tail is as long as the head and half the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail ; what is the length of the whole fish ? 37. A gentleman being asked his age, replied, " If to my ngu... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Mental arithmetic - 1854 - 156 pages
...the saddle ? 5. The head of a certain fish is 9 inches long, the tail is as long as the head and £ of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail both ; what is the length of the fish ? 6. A man having returned from California, being asked how much money he had made,... | |
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The head of a fish is 12 inches long, the tail is as long as the head + £ of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail ; what is the length of the fish? 
