Algebra for High Schools and Colleges: Containing a Systematic Exposition and Application of the Elementary and Higher Principles of the Science |
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acres added Algebraic approximate value Arithmetical Progression Binomial Theorem cent common denominator common difference completing the square component factors Continued Fraction corresponding cube root denotes dividend divisor Equation containing example exponent extracting the square Find a number Find the cube Find the Product Find the Quotient Find the square Find the Sum Find the value Function Geometrical Progression given Equation given fraction given number greater greatest common measure Hence imaginary improper Fraction Inequality integral irrational last term least common multiple less letters logarithm lowest terms method miles monomial multiplied negative number of terms obtained polynomial positive preceding prefixed problem proportion quadratic Quadratic Equations ratio real roots Reduce remainder required root Resolve second equation second member second term side signs changed simplest form solution square rods square root substituted subtracting Surds unknown quantity value of x whole number yards
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