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according added Algebra apply becomes binomial called CHAPTER co-efficients common multiple complete compound quantities consequently consisting containing continued DEFINITIONS denominator determine difference direction Divide dividend divisor equal equation EXAMPLE EXERCISE exponent expressed Extract factors former four fourth fraction geometrical progression given given quantity greater greatest common measure half Hence hour integer known least less letters manner means merely method miles Multiply negative NOTE obtain positive preceding PROBLEM proceed proportion proved quadratic question quotient Raise Reduce regarded remainder represent resolved result RULE second term separately side simple sometimes square root subtract surd taken term THEOREM third tion twice unknown quantity vinculum whole
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Page 187 - ... fourth ; if the multiple of the first be less than that of the second, the multiple of the third is also less than that of the fourth...
Page 220 - Iff a straight line be divided into any two parts, four times the rectangle contained by the whole line, and one of the parts, together with the square of the other part, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the whole and that part.
Page 184 - When there is a series of quantities, such that the ratios of the first to the second, of the second to the third, of the third to the fourth, &c., are all equal ; the quantities are said to be in continued proportion.
Page 26 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Page 179 - Ratios tnat are equal to the same ratio are equal to one another.
Page 185 - If three quantities are proportional, the first is to the third, as the square of the first to the square of the second ; or as the square of the second, to the square of the third.
Page 184 - IF there be any number of magnitudes, and as many others, which, taken two and two, in a cross order, have the same ratio; the first shall have to the last of the first magnitudes the same ratio which the first of the others has to the last.
Page 93 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.
Page 180 - Division, when the difference of the first and second is to the second as the difference of the third and fourth is to the fourth...
Page 181 - 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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| Title | An elementary course of practical mathematics, Part 1 An elementary course of practical mathematics, James Elliot |
| Author | James Elliot |
| Edition | 4 |
| Published | 1860 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2006 |
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