 | Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1785 - 350 pages
...the fame by a Window 2 r P'eet high on the other Side ; the Breadth of the Street is required ? 10. A Line 27 Yards long, will exactly reach from the Top of a Fort, on the cppofile Bank of a River, known to be 23 Yards broad : The Height of the Wall is required ?... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Measurement - 1788 - 728 pages
...ft 3 inc. QUEST. 3. A line 27 yards long will exaftly reach from the top of a fort, to the oppofite bank of a river, known to be 23 yards broad : what is the height of the wall? Anf. 42 ft 5 inc. QUEST. 4. Two fhips fet fail from the fame port, one of them goes 50 leagues due... | |
 | Mathematics - 1801 - 658 pages
...support 4 jamb 23 feet 10 inches from the ground. Ans. 26 feet 3 inches. 3. A line, 27 yards long.^will exactly reach from the top of a fort to the opposite bank of a river, known to be 23 yards broad-j what is the height of the wall ? Ans. 42 feet 5 inches. 4. Suppose the breadth of a well at... | |
 | Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1806 - 342 pages
...do the same by a Window 21 Feet high on the other Side. The Breadth of the Street is required ? (10) A Line, 27 Yards long, will exactly reach from the...Fort to the opposite Bank of a River, known to be 23 Yarda broad. The Height of the Wall is required ? (11) Suppose a Light-House built on the Top of a... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1807 - 248 pages
...other sides,that is, the heighth of the wall " • and the width of the ditch. 7. A LIKE of 36 yards will exactly reach from the top of a fort to the opposite bank of a lively known to be 24 yards broad ; the height of the wall is required Ï Answer, 2 .*-,•• •.... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Algebra - 1808 - 470 pages
...the hypothenuse and either of the odier sides is the square of die remaining side. PROB XII. A Hue 36 yards long will exactly reach from the top of a fort to the opposite bank of a river, known to be 24 yards broad. The height of the wall is required ? 36X36=1296 ; and 24x24=576. Then, 1296—576=720,... | |
 | James Thompson - Arithmetic - 1808 - 176 pages
...window 21 feet high on the other side : thebreadth of the street is required ! Ans. 56.64 feet. 35. A line 27 yards long, will exactly reach from the top of a fort, on the opposite bank of a river known to be 23 yards broad : the height of the wall is required. Ans.... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 520 pages
...upright of a building, will support a jamb 23 feet 10 inches from the ground. Ans. 26 feet 3 inches. 3. A line, 27 yards long, will exactly reach from the top of a for^to the opposite bank of a river, known to be 23 yards broad ; what is the height of the wall ?... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - Arithmetic - 1810 - 222 pages
...to reach from the outside ctf the moat to the top of the wall ? ansffcr 26.2 feet. 15 A line of 36 yards long will exactly reach from.. -the top of a fort to the opposite bank of a river; known toba 24 yards broad ; the heigh L of the. wall is required ? - '* i' answer 26.83 -j- yards. 16 Suppose... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the castle i Ans. 75 yards. 6. A line 27 yai ds long, will exactly reach from the top of a fort to the opposite bank of a river, which is known to be 33 yards broad ; what is the height of the fort ? Ans. 14.142 -(-yards. 7. Suppose... | |
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A line 27 yards long, will exactly reach from the top of a fort to the opposite bank of a river, which is known to be 23 yards broad ; what is the height of the fort? 
