| Francis Joseph Grund - Algebra - 1833 - 224 pages
...arithmetician desires another to find a number which he had in his mind. If, says he, you multiply it by 5, subtract 24 from the product, divide the remainder by 6, and add 13 to the quotient, I obtain this very same number. What number is it ? 46) A father leaves 4 sons, A, B, C, D, and orders... | |
| Benjamin Peirce - Algebra - 1837 - 300 pages
...such that if you multiply it by 5, subEquations of the First Degree with one unknown quantity. tract 24 from the product, divide the remainder by 6, and add 13 to the quotient, you will obtain this number. Ans. 54. 25. A courier left this place n days ago, and makes a miles daily. He is pursued by... | |
| Benjamin Peirce - Algebra - 1837 - 302 pages
...such that if you multiply it by 5, subEquations of the First Degree with one unknown quantity. tract 24 from the product, divide the remainder by 6, and add 13 to the quotient, you will obtain this number. Ans. 54. 25. A courier left this place n days ago, and makes a miles daily. He is pursued ~by... | |
| Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 250 pages
...15." What is the number? Ans. 5. 50. What number is that, which, if you multiply it by 5, suljtract 24 from the product, divide the remainder by 6, and add 13 to the quotient, will give the number itself? Ans 54. 51. Two persons, A and B, engaged in trade, the capital of B being... | |
| William Smyth - Algebra - 1851 - 272 pages
...the other by 3, the quotients together may amount to 10. What are these partS. ANS. 28 and 18. 20. An arithmetician desires his scholars to find a number,...product, divide the remainder by 6 and add 13 to the quotieat, you will obtain this same number. What number, then, is it ? . ANS. 54. 21. A master hired... | |
| Benjamin Peirce - Algebra - 1855 - 308 pages
...Equations of the First Degree with one unknown quantity. 24. Find a number such that if you multiply it by 5, subtract 24 from the product, divide the remainder...6, and add 13 to the quotient, you will obtain this number. An.*. 54. 25. A courier left this place n days ago, and makes a miles daily. He is pursued... | |
| Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1856 - 280 pages
...remainder 3. The sum of these three numbers is 70. What are the numbers ? Ans. 7, 15, and 48. Prob. 21. An arithmetician desires his scholars to find a number...quotient, you will obtain this same number. What number is it ? Ans. 54. Prob. 22. Two purses together contain $300. If we take $30 out of the first and put... | |
| William Smyth - Algebra - 1856 - 264 pages
...What are these parts ? ANS. 28 and 18. 20. An arithmetician desires his scholars to find a num ber, which he has in his mind, from the following data...will obtain this same number. What number then, is it ? ANS. 54. 21. A master hired a journeyman, and promised him 8 shillings for each day that he worked... | |
| Benjamin Peirce - Algebra - 1858 - 296 pages
...Equations or the First Degree with one unknown quantity. 24. Find a number such that if you multiply it by 5, subtract 24 from the product, divide the remainder...6, and add 13 to the quotient, you will obtain this number. Ans. 54. 25. A courier left this place n days ago, and makes a miles daily. He is pursued by... | |
| Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1862 - 312 pages
...divide this by 2, subtract 4 from the quotient, and obtain 15. What number is it ? . Ans. 5. Prob. 16. An arithmetician desires his scholars to find a number...by 6, and add 13 to the quotient, you will obtain the original number. What number is it ? Ans. 54. Prdb. 17. In the composition of a certain quantity... | |
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