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Page 113 - Which proves that the square of a number composed of tens and units contains, the square of the tens plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
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Page 185 - Powers of the same quantity are divided by subtracting the exponent of the divisor from that of the dividend ; the remainder is the exponent of the quotient.
Page 47 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient.
Page 202 - Therefore, any term of the progression is equal to the first term multiplied by the ratio raised to a power 1 less than the number of the term.
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Page 38 - In the multiplication of whole numbers, place the multiplier under the multiplicand, and multiply each term of the multiplicand by each term of the multiplier, writing the right-hand figure of each product obtained under the term of the multiplier which produces it.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Elements of Algebra |
| Author | William Smyth |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Shirley & Hyde, 1830 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 264 pages |
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