 | Education - 1848 - 542 pages
...Proposed by Peter Parley. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of lih. a head ; after being at sea 20 days, she encounters a storm, in which 5 men are lost, and damage sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, and it is found that each man's allowance... | |
 | 1848 - 526 pages
...allowance of lib. a head ; after being at sea 20 days, she encounters a storm, in which 5 men are lost, and damage sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, and it is foumi that each man's allowance must be reduced to Jib. ; find original number of iit crew. QUES. 14.... | |
 | A. H. Frost - Examinations - 1849 - 298 pages
...ALGEBRA. 1. * A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a 1848 daily allowance of '1 lb. a head ; after being at sea 20 days she encounters...cause a delay of 24 days, and it is found that each man's allowance must be reduced to -J- lb. ; find the original number of the crew. 2. * If a, b, and... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin - Mathematics - 1851 - 196 pages
...find their values. 4. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. a head ; after being at sea 20 days she encounters...cause a delay of 24. days, and it is found that each man's allowance must be reduced to ^Ib. ; find the original number of the crew. 5. If a, b, and a?... | |
 | Norman Macleod Ferrers, J. Stuart Jackson - Mathematics - 1851 - 438 pages
...1848. 1. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. a-head : after being at sea 20 days she encounters a storm,...cause a delay of 24 days, and it is found that each man's allowance must be reduced to f Ib. Find the original number of the crew. Let x = the original... | |
 | Barnard Smith - 1857 - 740 pages
...<sAr=6. (2) a 4- v6 a 2. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. a head : after being at sea 20 days she encounters a storm, in which 6 men are washed overboard, and damage sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, and it is found... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Algebra - 1858 - 530 pages
...rates be kept? 31. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. a head; after being at sea 20 days she encounters...cause a delay of 24 days, and it is found that each man's allowance must be reduced to five-sevenths of a pound. Find the original number of the crew,... | |
 | Henry Pix - 1861 - 116 pages
...ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. per man ; after sailing 20 days she encounters a storm, in which 5 men are washed overboard, and damage sustained which caused a delay of 24 days, and it is found that each man-s allowance must be reduced to f Ib.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1863 - 338 pages
...number. Ans. 3. 77. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. a head. After being at sea 20 days, she encounters...damage sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, when it is found that each man's allowance must bo reduced to five sevenths of a pound. Find the original... | |
 | Thomas Kimber - Mathematics - 1865 - 302 pages
...of interest ? 4. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daijy, allowance of 1 ft. a head ; after being at sea 20 days she encounters a storm, in which б men are washed overboard, and damage sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, and it is found... | |
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A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of 1 ft. a head ; after being at sea 20 days she encounters a storm, in which 5 men are washed overboard, and damage sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, and it is found... 
