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 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 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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