 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...term, iJce last term, and the number of terms being given,, to find ike common' difference. RULE.* Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less i, and the quotient will be the common difference sought. EXAMPLES. i. The extremes are 2 and 53, and... | |
 | William M. Finlay - Accounting - 1803 - 272 pages
...IV. Given the first term, the last term, and number of terms, to find the common difference. RULE.— Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of •terms less I— the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLE. jGhren 3, the first, 39 the last, and 19... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 466 pages
...term, the .last term, and the number of terms being given, to jind the common difference. RULE 3.* Divide the differe'nce of the extremes by the number...1, and the quotient will be the common difference sought, * The difference of the first and last terms evidently shows the increase of the first term... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Algebra - 1808 - 470 pages
...hast term. RULE. — Divide the greatest term by such power of the ratio, •whose index is equal to the number of terms less 1, and the quotient will be the least term. EXAMPLE. If the ratio be 2, the number of terms 6, and the greatest term 18 : What is die... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1810 - 190 pages
...and 297 .i- 89 = 3, common difference. Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, tn fnd the common difference,—' Divide the difference of...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 6. If the extremes be 3 and 603, and the number of terms 131, whnt is the common difference 7 Ans.... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - Arithmetic - 1810 - 222 pages
...two extremes and number of terms are given, and the common difference of all the terms required ; . Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one,, the quotient will be the common difference. E \X AMPLES. l Admit, a debt be discharged at 16... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...CASE 2. When, the two extremes and number of ternis are given, to find the common difference. RULÉ. . Divide 'the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one ; the quotient will be the .common difference. EkAMPLES. , j 1. 20 and 60 are the two extremes... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1814 - 300 pages
...the common difference. This, SB — 3 = iß i then, 25 ч- 5 = 5 yean, the common difference. Aijnm. Hence, To find the Common Difference ; — Divide the difference of the extremes by tho number of terms, less ] , and the quotient will be the common different*. I. Ifthe extrenes be... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1815 - 250 pages
...The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number...1, and the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLE8. 1. The extremes are 3 and 29, and the number oi terms 14, what is the common difference ?... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1817 - 252 pages
...and the number of terms . given, to find the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of tho extremes by the number. ,. of terms less 1, and the quotient will b'e the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 3 and 29, and the number of terms 14, what is the common difference ?... | |
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Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 
