 | James B. Dodd - Algebra - 1859 - 368 pages
...which all the known quantities are expressed by numbers. 2x-\-5x=25 — 3 is a numerical equation. A literal Equation is one in which some or all of the known quan tities are represented hy letters. 2x-\-ax=25 — 3b is a literal equation, in which a and b are... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1863 - 432 pages
...Equation is one in which all the known quantities are expressed by figures as, 3x* — x*-|-2a;=17. 143. A Literal Equation is one in which some or all of the known quantities are expressed by letters; as ax* — '¿bx=i>d* 143. An Equation of Condition is one which... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1873 - 354 pages
...4. A Numerical Equation is one in which the known quantities are represented by decimal numbers. 5. A Literal Equation is one in which some or all of the known quantities are represented by letters. 6. The Degree of an Equation is determined by the highest number... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1877 - 466 pages
...expressed in the decimal notation, and the latter in the literal. But perhaps we must retain the term. S. A Literal Equation is one in which some or all of the known quantities are represented by letters ; as — 2 ax — c + oby = o 6, The Degree of an Equation is... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1878 - 516 pages
...expressed in the decimal notation, and the latter in the literal. But perhaps we must retain the term. 5. A Literal Equation is one in which some or all of the known quantities are represented by letters ; as 4<\r* — 2 ax — c + 3oy = 6. TJie Degree of an Equation... | |
 | Edward Olney - 1878 - 360 pages
...4. A Numerical Equation is one in which the known quantities are represented by decimal numbers. 5. A Literal Equation is one in which some or all of the known quantities are represented by letters. 6. The Degree of an Equation is determined by the highest number... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1880 - 354 pages
...4. A Numerical Equation is one in which the known quantities are represented by decimal numbers. 5. A Literal Equation is one in which some or all of the known quantities are represented by letters. 6. The Degree of an Equation is determined by the highest number... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1882 - 358 pages
...4. A Numerical Equation is one in which the known quantities are represented by decimal numbers. 5. A Literal Equation is one in which some or all of the known quantities are represented by letters. 6. The Degree of an Equation is determined by the highest, number... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1885 - 300 pages
...6*+1 2*-4 _^2*— 15 7z-16~ 5 10 1x — 6 * — 5 _x 35 6*-101~5~ 175. Literal equations are equations in which some or all of the known numbers are represented by letters ; the numbers regarded as known numbers are usually represented by the first letters of the alphabet.... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Algebra - 1888 - 344 pages
...Equation ie one in which the known quantities are expressed by figures ; as, Зж — 4 - 17. 153. A Literal Equation is one in which some or all of the known quantities are expressed by letters; as, 2ж — a=-b, or x - 2 - b. 154. An Identical Equation is... | |
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A Literal Equation is one in which some or all of the known quantities are represented by letters. 
