A Key Containing the Answers to the Examples in the Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

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Hilliard, Gray & Company, 1838 - Algebra - 50 pages
 

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Page 21 - Let x = the greater number, and y = the less ; then, by the conditions...
Page 20 - What fraction is that, from the numerator of which if 1 be subtracted, its value will be |, but if 1 be subtracted from the denominator, its value will be 4 ? 9. Let x = the numerator, and y = the denominator. Then by the conditions, x — u _ 14 ~y" 13 x 4 У— 2 5 * See Book, Ait.

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