 | John Ward - Mathematics - 1747 - 492 pages
...refpe& to the firft, the lefler will the fourth Term be, in refpedl to the fecond. Example z. If 8 Men can do a Piece of Work in 12 Days, How many Days will 16 Men require to do the fame Work? Here it is plain the fourth Term muft be lefs than the fecond,... | |
 | Paul Deighan - Arithmetic - 1804 - 504 pages
...fourth term, or anfWer required. The method of proof is by reverfing the queflion. EXAMPLES. I. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, how many days can 1 6 men perform the fame in ? Ans. 6 days. men days mm If 8 : 12 :: 16 8 1 6)96 ( 6 days. — the... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - Arithmetic - 1836 - 104 pages
...EXAMPLES IN ANALYSIS. JJ- Let the follow ing sums be stated in the same manner as the preceding. 1. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days : in how many days will 4 men do the same work ? 2. If 2 men in 3 days will earn 14 dollars : how much... | |
 | William Tate - 1837 - 358 pages
...will exactly divide them, but not the first and second, as in Direct Proportion. EXAMPLE. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, how many days will 16 men require to perform the same ? men days men If 8 require 12 what will 16 require? 16)96 Answer... | |
 | John Hind - Arithmetic - 1840 - 252 pages
...the causes are simple terms, being dependent upon only one magnitude. Ex. 3. If 10 men can perform a piece of work in 12 days; how many days will it take 8 men to do the same ? Here, the causes will evidently be to each other, as 10 x 12 to 8 xa;; and the... | |
 | Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pages
...time. Obs. I. In the preceding examples the proportion is termed Direct. Ex. 7. If 8 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days, how many days will it take 6 men, working at the same rate, to complete the same ? Here, 8 x 12 = the number of days in which... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 396 pages
...If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, how long will it take 4 men to do the same ? SOLUTION. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, 1 man can do it in £ of 12 days, which is 4 days, and 4 men will do it in 4 time? 4 days, which are... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1855 - 186 pages
...be greater or less than the first ; and proceed as in the foregoing examples. Examples. 1. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, how many days can 16 men perform the same in ? Here the answer is to be days : so that putting the 12 days for the... | |
 | John Hind - 1856 - 346 pages
...greater or less in the same proportion as the cause is greater or less. Ex. 3. If 10 men can perform a piece of work in 12 days; how many days will it take 8 men to do the same? Here, the causes will evidently be to each other as 10x12 to 8 xj; and the effects... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 394 pages
...If 3 men can do a piece of work in I'l days, how long will it take 4 men to do the same ? SOLUTION. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, 1 man can do it in ^ of 12 days, which is 4 days, and 4 men will do it in 4 times 4 days, which are... | |
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If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, how many days will it take 9 men to do the same ? ANALYSIS. 
