...the ratio of the first term to the third is equal to that of the fourth to the second. For example : If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in what lime would 8 men do the same ? Taking the proportion direct, the answer comes out 12 day* j...

...steeple whose shadow mensures 1R3 feet Ans. 1445 fett. 14. If 16 men finish a piece of work in 28J days, how long will it take 12 men to do the same work 1 First find how long it would take 1 man to do it ; then 12 men will do it in iL. of that time. Ana....

...steeple whose shadow measures 153 feet ? Ans. 144£ feet. 14. If 16 men finish a piece of work in 28J days, how long will it take 12 men to do the same work ? First find how long it would take 1 man to do it ; then 12 men will do it in -fa of that time. Ans....

...steeple whose shadow measures 153 feet? Ans. 144£ feet. 14. If 16 men finish a piece of work in 28J days, how long will it take 12 men to do the same work ? First find how long it would take 1 man to doit ; then 12 men will do it in -fa of that time. Ans....

...4, the first extreme, the quotient, 18, is evidently the other extreme, or the value of z. 196. 3. If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 8 men do it? By analyzing the example, we find that 4 men 6 days=l man 24 days,...

...steeple whose shadow measures 153 feet? Ans. 144£ feet. 14. If 16 men finish a piece of work in 28 j days, how long will it take 12 men to do the same work ? First find how long it would take 1 man to do it ; then 12 men will do it in •fa of that lime....

...steeple whose shadow measures 153 feet? Ans. 144£ feet. 14. If 16 men finish a piece of work in 28| days, how long will it take 12 men to do the same work ? First find how long it would take 1 man to do it ; then 12 men will do it in -i^- of that time. Ans....

...steeple whose shadow measures 153 feet? Ans. 144£ feet. 14. If 16 men finish a piece of work in 28J days, how long will it take 12 men to do the same work ? First find hovy long it would take 1 man to do it ; then 12 men will do it in ^ of that time. Ans....

...days=il man 24 days, and 1 man 24 days=8 men 3 days. 8 then is the answer. Moreover it is obvious, that if 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, twice the number of men will do it in half the time, or 3 days ; and generally the greater the number...

...steeple whose shadow measures 153 feet? Ans. 144$ feet. 14. If 16 men finish a piece of work in 28J days, how long will it take 12 men to do the same work ? First find how long it would take 1 man to do it ; then 12 men will do it in *fa of that time. -4ns....