 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1826 - 214 pages
...the greater ; and 24 — 7=17 the less. Or, 48—14-7-2=17 ; and 17+14=31. PROB. 5. Having the sum of two numbers and the difference of their squares*...Rule. Divide the difference of their squares by the sum of the numbers, and the quotient will be their difference : You will then have their sum and difference,... | |
 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1826 - 222 pages
...squares is 256 ? Half sum 16 Half diff. 4 32)256(8 difference, — 256 Greater 20 Less 12 PROB. 6. Having the difference of two numbers, and the difference of their squares given, to find those numbers. * The square of a number is the product of it multiplied into itself. Rule. — Divide the difference... | |
 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1830 - 240 pages
...7=31 the greater; and 24—7=17 the least. Or,48—14-^2=17; and 17+14=31. PKOB. 5. Having the sum of two numbers and the' difference of their squares* given, to find those numbers. RULE.—Divide the difference of their squares by the sum of the numbers, and the quotient will be... | |
 | Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 408 pages
...the upright part : At what height from the ground did it break? Ans. 49i feet. PROB. VII. — Having the difference of two numbers, and the difference of their squares given, to find the numbers. RULE. — Divide the difference of the squares by the difference of the numbers, and the... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Arithmetic - 1832 - 540 pages
...88'32 leagues, Answer. PROB. XVI. Given the sum of two numbers, and the difference of their squares, to find those numbers. RULE. Divide the difference of their squares by the sum of the numbers, and the quotient will be their difference. The two num* The transverse and conjugate... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1832 - 282 pages
...diameters. D .*$ PROBLEM IX. — -The, sum of two numbers being given, and the difference of their squares; to find those numbers. RULE — Divide the difference of their squares by (he sum of the numbers, and the quotient will be their difference; then to half th.' sum of the given... | |
 | George Alfred - Arithmetic - 1834 - 336 pages
...sum is 2000, and the difference of their squares 240000 ? Ans. 1600 and 400. PROBLEM IX. — Having the difference of two numbers, and the difference...— Divide the difference of their squares by the diff« rence of the numbers, and the quotient will be their sum. You will then have their sum and difference... | |
 | John Rose - Arithmetic - 1835 - 192 pages
...EXAMPLE. 1. What are those two numbers, whose sum are 48 and difference 14 ? Prob. 5. — Having the sum of two numbers and the difference of their squares given, to find those numbers. NOTE. — The square of a number is the product of it multiplied into itself. ROLE. Divide the difference... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...344—142=202; then 202-^-2=101 persons, in one room; then 101+142=243, in the other. PROB. II. The sum of two numbers, and the difference of their squares...RULE. Divide the difference of their squares by the sum of the numbers, and the quotient will be their difference. We then have their sum and difference,... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...•- . PROBLEM .IX. — The sum of '"two. numbers being given, a,nd Ike difference.r)/ their squares ; to find those numbers. RULE. — -Divide the difference of their squares by the sum of the numbers, and the quotient will be their difference ; than to half the sum of the given numbers,... | |
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Having the sum of two numbers and the difference of their squares* given, to find those numbers. Rule. Divide the difference of their squares by the sum of the numbers, and the quotient will be their difference : You will then have their sum and difference,... 
