 | Thomas Weston (Master of the Academy at Grenwich.) - Arithmetic - 1729 - 460 pages
...of the ERRORS ; but if they are of DIFFERENT Kinds, to wit, ONE an EXCESS, and the OTHER a DEFECT, divide the SUM of the PRODUCTS by the SUM of the ERRORS, and the QUOTIENT will give the NUMBER SOUGHT. DEMONSTRATION. Whether the ERRORS are of the SAME or DIFFERENT Kinds, the RULE... | |
 | Benjamin Donne - Algebra - 1758 - 428 pages
...be the Number fought : But if the Errors are unlike, that is, one too great, the other too little, divide the Sum of the Products by the Sum of the Errors, and the Quotient will give the required Number. Or mind this memorial Rule : Unlike Signs Addition doth defire, Alike Signs... | |
 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...of the products. 4. If the errors be alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of. the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 5. If the errors be unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1807 - 290 pages
...the products by the difference ot the errors, and the quotient is the answer: But if the errors be unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum...of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. В asked С how much his horse cost ; С answered, that if he cost him three times as... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1807 - 248 pages
...products by the diñerence of the errors,and the quotient will be the answer ; but if the errors be unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum...of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. A MAN lying at the point of death, left to his three sons all his estate, viz. to F half... | |
 | Isaac Dalby - Mathematics - 1807 - 476 pages
...quotient will be the answer. But if the errors are unlike for one too great, and the other to little) divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, for the answer. This rule is founded on the supposition that the differences between the true and supposed... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. But if the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, for the answer. Note, The errors are said to be alike, when they are either both too great or botli... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Arithmetic - 1812 - 260 pages
...of the products." 4. If {he errors be alike, divMe the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 5. If the errors be unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1813 - 244 pages
...the first error. 4. If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer....5. If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the pith ducts by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will lie the answer. NOTE. — The errors are... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1816 - 288 pages
...errors, and the quotient is the answer : But if the errors be unlike, divide the sum of the products ky the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLE». 1 . В asked С how much his horse cost j С answered, that if he ro.,1 him three times... | |
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If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. .5. If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will bo the answer. 
