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... Extract the required root of the coefficient for the numeral part , and divide the index of the latter by 2 for the square ... extraction of Roots.
... Extract the required root of the coefficient for the numeral part , and divide the index of the latter by 2 for the square ... extraction of Roots.
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... extracting the square root of each side , x = 4 . If x64 , extracting the cube root , x = 4 . If x2 + 2xy + y2 = 16 , extracting the square root of each side , x + y = 4 , and so on for any other power , being only the reverse of Def ...
... extracting the square root of each side , x = 4 . If x64 , extracting the cube root , x = 4 . If x2 + 2xy + y2 = 16 , extracting the square root of each side , x + y = 4 , and so on for any other power , being only the reverse of Def ...
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... extracting the root of that which is rational . Thus , √639 x√7 ( by Note to Case III . in Multiplication ) , extracting the square root of 9 , which is rational , the expression becomes 3 x 7 , or 3/7 ; also , / 24a3x3 will resolve ...
... extracting the root of that which is rational . Thus , √639 x√7 ( by Note to Case III . in Multiplication ) , extracting the square root of 9 , which is rational , the expression becomes 3 x 7 , or 3/7 ; also , / 24a3x3 will resolve ...
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... extracting the square root of both sides of the equation , and they become as fol- lows : - x = ± 3 , y = ± 4 , x = ± √a . Here the sign of the value of the unknown quantity is either or — . Cor . The square root of any quantity being ...
... extracting the square root of both sides of the equation , and they become as fol- lows : - x = ± 3 , y = ± 4 , x = ± √a . Here the sign of the value of the unknown quantity is either or — . Cor . The square root of any quantity being ...
Page 104
... extracting the square root , = ± 3 ; x : . 5 + √ / 25 — x2 = ± 3x ; by transposition , 25 - x2 + 3x - 5 ; squaring each side , 25 - x2 - 9x2 + 30x + 25 ; .. 10x30x ; whence , x = ± 3 . EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE In Pure Quadratics , & c ...
... extracting the square root , = ± 3 ; x : . 5 + √ / 25 — x2 = ± 3x ; by transposition , 25 - x2 + 3x - 5 ; squaring each side , 25 - x2 - 9x2 + 30x + 25 ; .. 10x30x ; whence , x = ± 3 . EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE In Pure Quadratics , & c ...
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Page 13 - If four magnitudes are in proportion, the sum of the first and second is to their difference as the sum of the third and fourth is to their difference.
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