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Page 159 - Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply, it by the number denoting the given power, for a divisor.
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Page 151 - If the errors be alike, ie both too much, or both too little, take their difference for a divisor, and the difference of the products for a dividend: but if the errors be unlike, take their sum for a divisor, and the sum of the products for a dividend.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The American Preceptor's Assistant: Containing a System of Practical Arithmetic |
| Author | Jeremiah Paul |
| Publisher | T. L. Plowman, 1801 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 222 pages |
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