| Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1806 - 342 pages
...respect to the second. RULE. Multiply the first, and second Terms together, and divide their Produdt by the third Term : the Quotient will be the Answer. EXAMPLES. (1) If 48 Men can perform a Piece of Work in 12 Days, how many Men can do the same in 72 Days ? (2) How much... | |
| James Thompson - Arithmetic - 1808 - 176 pages
...less, and less requires more. RULE.— As in the Rule of Three Direct, state and prepare the question ; then multiply the first and second terms tog-ether, and divide the product by the third. The quotient will be the answer in the name, or denomination ofthe second. EXAMPLES. 1. A captain of... | |
| Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...receive for the sugar ? Ans. 43gyb. INVERSE PROPORTION. RULE. Prepare the terms as in Direct Proportion, then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third. Or, • Invert the third term, and multiply the three terms together as in Multiplication. / , , EXAMPLES.... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - Arithmetic - 1812 - 274 pages
...first does to the third. RULE. State tin: question, and, when necessary, reduce the terms as before. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third term; the quotient is the answer in the same denomination as the second term ; thus in the foregoing example, - =3 days,... | |
| Charles Butler - 1814 - 540 pages
...than the second. 135. RULE I. State the question, and reduce the term as in the foregoing rule. II. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination the second term was left in m. Method of... | |
| Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1857 - 244 pages
...which is of the same name, the first term ; and the other remaining number must be the middle term ; multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer required.* Examples. ' 1. If 8 men can build a tower in 12 days ;... | |
| Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1815 - 340 pages
...term be in respect to the second. RULE. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide their product by the third term : the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. (1) If 48 men can perform a piece of work tn 12 days, how many men can do the same'in 72 days ? (2) How much... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1815 - 250 pages
...belongs to Inverse Proportion. RULE. ' 1 State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together^ and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the Answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. \ '... | |
| John Preston - Arithmetic - 1817 - 538 pages
...harvest a field of wheat in 2 days, in what time can 8 men do the same work ? Answer, 1 day. RULE. Multiply the first and second terms together and divide the product by the third, the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. OPERATION. men. d. men, 4 : 2 :: 8 2 8)8(1 day, answer.... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1818 - 246 pages
...belongs to Inverse Proportion. RULE. 1. State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. EXAMPLES.... | |
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