 | Francis Joseph Grund - Algebra - 1833 - 224 pages
...work \ of the whole height of the column. What is the height of the whole column 1 10) Two gentlemen, A and B, set out at the same time from two different places to meet each other. A makes 8 miles an hour, and В 5. The distance between the two places 260 miles.... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - Algebra - 1837 - 300 pages
...B sells x -|- 3 yards = — ; and the required equation is , 25(z+3)_ i ' o ~ x -\- 3 ' 2 z 35. 17. Two travellers, A and B, set out at the same time...places, C and D ; A, from C to D ; and B, from D to C. When they met, it appeared that A had already gone 30 miles more than B ; and, according to the rate... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - Algebra - 1837 - 302 pages
...for which B sells x -|- 3 yards = — ;f1~ '; f~ X and the required equation is 24 x 25(x+3)_ _ 17. Two travellers, A and B, set out at the same time from two different places, C and D ; A, from C to J) ; and B, from Z> to C. When they met, it appeared that A had already gone 30 miles more than B ;... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - Algebra - 1843 - 308 pages
...yards = *" (x ~T 3 X and the required equation is Examples of putting Questions into Equations. 17. Two travellers, A and B, set out at the same time...places, C and D ; A, from C to D; and B, from D to C. When they met, it appeared that A had already gone 30 miles more than B; and, according to the rate... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1846 - 380 pages
...and the sum of their squares is 26 ? Ans. a + >/b — a2, and a — V b — a2. Prob. 10. Two persons A and B set out at the same time from two different places,' C and D, and traveled towards each other. On meeting it appeared that A had gone 30 miles more than B, and according... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1846 - 376 pages
...of their squares is 26 ? Ans. a + \/ b — a1, and a — >/ b — a1. Prob. 10. Two persons A and В set out at the same time from two different places, C and D, and traveled towards each other. On meeting it appeared that A had gone 30 miles more than B, and according... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Algebra - 1848 - 234 pages
...same sum, ca( h piece would have cost him $1 less. How many pieces did he buy ? Ans. 12 pieces. 9. Two travellers, A and B, set out at the same time, from two different places, С and D; A, from С to'D ; and B, from D to C. On the way they met, and it then appears that A had... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1851 - 272 pages
...yet, at the end of the sixth year he had saved $ 2,400. .What was his salary ? ANS. 24. Two gentlemen, A and B, set out at the same time from two different places to meet each other. A makes 8 miles an hour and B 5. The distance between the two places is 26O mileS.... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - Algebra - 1855 - 308 pages
...— ^; /£ x and the required equation is 24* 25( Exatnples of putting Questions into Equations. 17. Two travellers, A and B, set out at the same time...different places, C and D ; A, from C to D ; and B, from I) to C. When they met, it appeared that A had already gone 30 miles more than D : and, according to... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - Algebra - 1855 - 296 pages
...-„— — -; £ x and the required equation is -_ '" Examples of putting Questions into Equations. 17. Two travellers, A and B, set out at the same time...two different places, C and D ; A, from C to D ; and V, from I) to C. When they met, it appeared that A had already gone 30 miles more than 7J : and, according... | |
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A calculates that he can reach the place D in 4 days, and that B can arrive at the place C in 9 days. What is the distance between C and DI Ans. 
