The Practical Analyst: Or, A Treatise on Algebra, Containing the Most Useful Parts of that Science, Illustrated by a Copious Collection of Examples, Designed for the Use of Schools |
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Page 70 - A man and his wife usually drank out a cask of beer in 12 days ; but when the man was from home, it lasted the woman 30 days ; how many days would the man alone be in drinking it ? Ans.
Page 84 - A laborer dug two trenches, one of which was 6 yards longer than the other, for 17 pounds, 16 shillings, and the digging of each of them cost as many shillings per yard as there were yards in its length. What was the length of each ? Ans. 10 and 16 yards.
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Page 85 - What number is that, which, being divided by the product of its digits, the quotient is 3 ; and if 18 be added to it, the digits will be inverted ? Ans.
Page 91 - There are three numbers, the difference of whose differences is 5; their sum is 44, and continued product 1950; find the numbers.
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