 At a siege it was found that a certain length of trench could be dug by the soldiers and navvies in 4 days, but that when only half the navvies were present it required 7 days to dig the same length of trench. What proportion of the work was done by the...  A Treatise on Arithmetic - Page 249by James Hamblin Smith, Thomas Kirkland - 1877 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1863 - 104 pages
...minutes less than 3 hours later, viz. 2 hrs. 55 min. later, or at 55 min. past 10. Ans. 15. At a siege it was found that a certain length of trench could...required 7 days to dig the same length of trench. What proportion of the work was done by the soldiers ? In the 1st instance, £ of the trench is dug... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1863 - 254 pages
...the same place, arrived 5 minutes before the first. When did the second vessel start ? 15. At a siege it was found that a certain length of trench could...required 7 days to dig the same length of trench. What proportion of the work was done by the soldiers ? LXII. London University. I. Find the least number... | |
 | Henry White - 1864 - 156 pages
...the same place, arrived 5 minutes before the first. When did the second vessel start? 15. At a siege it was found that a certain length of trench could...required 7 days to dig the same length of trench. What proportion of the work was done by the soldiers? No. 5. (Averages and Percentages.-) Time allowed,... | |
 | Thomas Dalton - 1866 - 182 pages
...children in two hours ; find how long one man, one woman, and one child would take to do the work. 14. At the siege of Sebastopol it was found that a certain...required 7 days to dig the same length of trench. Shew that the navvies did six times as much work as the soldiers. 15. A cistern which is supplied by... | |
 | T. Dalton - Arithmetic - 1866 - 180 pages
...how long one man, one woman, and one child would take to do the work. 14. At the siege of Sehastopol it was found that a certain length of trench could...required 7 days to dig the same length of trench. Shew that the navvies did six times as much work as the soldiers. 15. A cistern which ia supplied by... | |
 | Civil service - 1866 - 270 pages
...the same place, arrived 5 minutes before the first. When did the second vessel start ? 10. At a siege it was found that a certain length of trench could...required 7 days to dig the same length of trench. "What proportion of the work was done by the soldiers ? 11. What is meant by the par of exchange between... | |
 | Richard Dunkley Beasley - 1867 - 226 pages
...3991 7* „ 6d. And the required distance between the posts will be — ^-7 yds. = 58 yds. 2 ft. 2. At the siege of Sebastopol it was found that a certain...required 7 days to dig the same length of trench. Show that the navvies did 6 times as much work as the soldiers. The soldiers and navvies did - in 1... | |
 | William Harding Girdlestone - 1867 - 368 pages
...cost of digging a trench 120 yards long, 5 feet broad, and 10 feet deep ? (S.-H., Jan., 1861). 74. At the siege of Sebastopol it was found that a certain...required 7 days to dig the same length of trench. Shew that the Navvies did six times as much work as the Soldiers. (S.-H., Jan. 1, 1861). 75. If 25... | |
 | W. M. LUPTON - 1867 - 210 pages
...same place, arrived 5 minutes before the first. When did the second vessel stu<t ? (114) At a siege it was found that a certain length of trench could...required 7 days to dig the same length of trench. What proportion of the work was done by the soldiers ? (115) Find the average of 13|f, 21, 7| -0023,... | |
 | Thomas Brown (of Dublin.) - Arithmetic - 1869 - 88 pages
...and by selling it for £3 10s. I lost | of every shilling ; what was the prime cost? 3. At a siege it was found that a certain length of trench could...it required 7 days to dig the same length of trench ; what proportion of the work was done by the soldiers ? 4. If 5 lb. of rice be worth 3 lb. of raw... | |
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