 | Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1824 - 292 pages
...176. A hare has 50 leaps before a grey-hound, and takes 4 leaps to his 3 ; but 2 of the grey-hound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the grey-hound lake to overtake the hare ?"'• 177. A laborer was hired for 60 days, upon this condition,... | |
 | Etienne Bézout - Mathematics - 1824 - 238 pages
...10. A hare has 50 leaps before a grey-hound, and takes 4 leaps to his 3-; but 2 of the grey-hound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the grey-hound take to overtake the hare? While the grey-hound takes 1 leap, the hare takes 1-^ ; and while... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1826 - 264 pages
...176. A hare has 50 leaps before a grey-hound, and takes 4 leaps to his 3 ; but two of the grey-hoand's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the grey-hound take to overtake the hare ? 177. A labourer was hired for 60 days, upon this condition,... | |
 | Warren Colburn - 1829 - 258 pages
...176. A hare has 50 leaps before a grey-hound, and takes 4 leaps to his 3 ; but two of the grey-hound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the grey-hound take to overtake the hare ? 177. A labourer was hired for 60 days, upon this condition,... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - Mathematics - 1830 - 458 pages
...of each kind did she buy ? Ans. 180. 37. A hare, 40 of her leaps before a hound, takes 4 leaps for the hound's 3, but 2 of the hound's leaps are equal...of the hare's. How many leaps must the hound take before he catch the hare ? 3x 4x — — — = 40. Ans. 240 bound's leaps. together 7 years longer,... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - Arithmetic - 1832 - 294 pages
...in 5 days ? Ans. 20. 10. A hare is 50 leaps before a hound, and takes 4 leaps while the hound takes 3. But 2 of the hound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the hound make to overtake the hare ? Ans. 300. 11. If a family of 9 persons spend 120 dollars in 8 months ;... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...much as he had spent, and then his money was double what it was at first. How much did he spend ? 90. A hare starts 50 leaps before a grey-hound, and takes...to 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the hound make, to overtake the hare ? 91. A grocer would mix the following kinds of sugar, viz. at 10 cents,... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - Algebra - 1835 - 258 pages
...from the price of the horse. What did he give for the horse ? 44. A hare is 50 leaps before a hound, and takes 4 leaps to the hound's 3 ; but 2 of the...the hare's. How many leaps must the hound take to catch the hare? 45. A man and his wife usually drank a cask of beer in 12 days ; but when the man was... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - 1836 - 68 pages
...hound's 3, the hound makes 6 leaps to the hare's 8, and 2 leaps to the liare 's 2f ; therefore, since 2 of the hound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's, the hound, in making 2 leaps, gains j of 1 of the hare's leaps, and by 1 leap, ^ as much, that is,... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1837 - 70 pages
...hound's 3, the hound makes б leaps to the hare's 8, and 2 leaps to the hare's 2f ; therefore, since 2 of the hound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's, the hound, in making 2 leaps, gains ^ of 1 of the hare's leaps, and by 1 leap, \ as much, that is,... | |
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A hare starts 50 leaps before a grey-hound, and takes 4 leaps to the hound's 3; but 2 of the hound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the hound make, to overtake the hare ? 91. 
