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" A and B set out to meet each other. A went 3 miles the first day, 5 the second, 7 the third, and so on. B went 4 miles the first day, 6 the second, 8 the third, and so on. In how many days did they meet? "
Arithmetic, theoretical and practical. [With] Key - Page 200
by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859
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Algebraical Problems, Producing Simple and Quadratic Equations, with Their ...

Miles Bland - Algebra - 1824 - 404 pages
...Required the numbers. Ans. l, 3, 9, 27. 12. From two towns which were 168 miles distant, two persons, A and B, set out to meet each other ; A went 3 miles the first day, 5 the next, 7 the third, and so on; Б went 4 miles the first day, 6 the next, and so on. In how many days...
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Elements of Algebra

William Smyth - Algebra - 1830 - 278 pages
...4. Required the numbers! Ans. 5, 7, 9. 5. From two towns, which were 168 miles distant, two persons A and B set out to meet each other ; A went 3 miles the first day, 5 the next, and so on ; B went 4 miles the first day, 6 the next, and so on. In how many days did they meet...
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Treatise on the elements of algebra

James Bryce - Algebra - 1837 - 322 pages
...numbers. Ans. 2, 4, 8. 24. From two towns 168 miles distant, two persons, A and B, set out to meet : A went 3 miles the first day, 5 the second, 7 the third, and so on: В went 4 miles the first day, 6 the second, 8 the third, and so on. la how many days did they meet...
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra, in Theory and Practice: With Attempts to ...

John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
.... and (zy3 — zy)=24z=24, and as=l. 57. From two towns which were 168 miles distant, two persons, A and B, set out to meet each other ; A went 3 miles the first day, 5 the next, 7 the third, and so on ; В went 4 miles the first day, 6 the next, and so on. In how many days...
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Engineers' and Mechanics' Pocket-book ...

Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1844 - 298 pages
...of the extremes by the common difference, and add one to the quotient. EXAMPLE. — A man travelled 3 miles the first day, 5 the second, 7 the third, and so on, till he went 57 miles in one day. How many days had he travelled at the close of the last day ? 57—34-2+1=28...
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A collection of examples in pure and mixed mathematics, with hints and ...

Alfred Wrigley - 1845 - 222 pages
...towns which were 168 miles distant from each other, two persons, A and B, set out to meet one another ; A went 3 miles the first day, 5 the second, 7 the...the first day, 6 the second, 8 the third, and so on ; in how many days after starting did they meet ? express the times in which they can individually...
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A Treatise on the Elements of Algebra

James Bryce - 1846 - 352 pages
...numbers. Ans. 2, 4, 8. 48. From two towns 168 miles distant, two persons, A and B, set out to meet : A went 3 miles the first day, 5 the second, 7 the...the first day, 6 the second, 8 the third, and so on. In how many days did they meet ? Ans. 8. 49. Four numbers form an equidifferent series ; their sum...
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A collection of problems and examples adapted to the 'Elementary course of ...

Harvey Goodwin (bp. of Carlisle.) - Mathematics - 1847 - 136 pages
...towns, 168 miles distant from each other, two persons, A and B, set out to meet each other ; A goes 3 miles the first day, 5 the second, 7 the third, and so on ; B goes 4 miles the first day, 6 the second, 8 the third, and so on ; in how many days after starting...
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Examples in algebra

James Wharton - 1848 - 164 pages
...required the two numbers. Ans. 3 and 2. (IOO.) From two towns, which were 168 miles distant, two persons, A. and B., set out to meet each other; A. went 3 miles the first day, 5 the next, 7 the third, and so on ; B. went 4 miles the first day, 6 the next, and so on : in how many days...
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The elements of algebra, with additions by W. Galbraith and W. Rutherford

John Bonnycastle - 1848 - 334 pages
...towns, 168 miles distant from each other, two persons, А and в, set out to meet each other : A goes 3 miles the first day, 5 the second, 7 the third, and so on ; в goes 4 miles the first day, 6 the second, 8 the third, and so on ; in how many days after starting...
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