| Charles de Neuvéglise - Mathematics - 1700 - 1254 pages
...Faur Quantities are in geometrical Proportion when the Ratio ef We Firß to ihe Second is equal te the Ratio of the Third to the Fourth ; and Quantities are in geometrical Progreffion, when they intreafe, or decreafe, by equal Ratios : and confequently, the Terms increafe... | |
| James Hayward - Geometry - 1829 - 218 pages
...ratio of 2 to 6 is equal to one third. 77. When four magnitudes are such that the ratio of the first to the second, is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth, these four magnitudes are said to be in proportion. Proportion is equality of ratios. " A PROPORTION,"... | |
| James Hayward - Geometry - 1829 - 228 pages
...ratio of 2 to 6 is equal to one third. 77. When four magnitudes are such that the ratio of the first to the second, is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourt.n, these four magnitudes arc said to be in proportion. Proportion is equality of ratios, " A... | |
| Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 408 pages
...of 3 to 5. Four quantities are said to be in geometrical proportion, when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth. Thus, the four numbers 8, 4, 14, 7, are proportional, because the ratio 8 : 4 is equal to the ratio... | |
| William Somerville Orr - Science - 1854 - 534 pages
...the ratio 4 : 2, or the ratio 2:1. When there are four quantities such that the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth, the four quantities are said tobe in proportion: thus, if the four quantities a, b, c, d, be euch that... | |
| Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1855 - 628 pages
...the measure of proportion is ratio. Four quantities are in proportion when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth ; this relation is expressed algebraically thus, a : b :: с : d. This expression is called a proportion... | |
| 1855 - 424 pages
...second is equal to the third divided by the fourth — in other words, when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth, the four are said to be in direct proportion. From this definition it will be seen, that proportion... | |
| Charles Davies - Algebra - 1857 - 408 pages
...said to be proportional to 6. 183i four quantities are in proportion, when the ratio of the first to the second, is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth. Thus, if b_ d_ ~^~~' the quantities a, b, c and d, are said to be in proportion. We generally express... | |
| James B. Dodd - Algebra - 1859 - 368 pages
...usually confined to four terms. (137.) Four quantities are in Proportion when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth ; that is, when the first divided by the second is equal to the third divided by the fourth. Thus the... | |
| James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1859 - 368 pages
...consists in an equality of ratios. Four quantities are in proportion when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth. Thus the numbers 6, 3, 8, 4 are in proportion, since — » —IThe first and third terms are the antecedents,... | |
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