 A merchant bought a cask of spirits for £48, and sold a quantity exceeding three-fourths of the whole by two gallons at a profit of £25 per cent. He afterwards sold the remainder at such a price as to clear £60 per cent by the whole transaction...  The Mathematician - Page 1711847Full view - About this book
 | Miles Bland - Geometry - 1821 - 898 pages
...at a profit of £-25 per cent. He afterwards sells the remainder at such a price as to clear £бо per cent, by the whole transaction ; and, had he sold...latter price, he would have gained .€175 per cent. Required the number of gallons contained in the cask. Let 4¿r = the number of gallons; | n then —... | |
 | Miles Bland - Algebra - 1824 - 404 pages
...exceeding three-fourths of the whole by 2 gallons at a profit of ¿£.25 per cent. He afterwards sells the remainder at such a price as to clear ¿£.60...latter price, he would have gained .£.175 per cent. Required the number of gallons contamed in the cask. Let 4т = the number of gallons; 12 then — =the... | |
 | Education - 1873 - 536 pages
...sold the remainder, at such a price, as to clear 60 per cent, by the whole transaction, but if he had sold the whole quantity at the latter price, he would have gained 175 per cent. How many gallons were in the cask ? — Ib. 182. — Algebraical question. — The sum of two numbers... | |
 | James Haddon - Algebra - 1871 - 244 pages
...remainder at such a price as to clear 602. per cent, by the whole transaction ; but if he had said the whole quantity at the latter price, he would have gained 175¿. per cent. How many gallons were contained in the cask?* Ans. 120 gallons. * This question may be solved by the... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 400 pages
...sold the remainder at such a price as to clear 60 per cent, by the whole transaction, but if he had sold the whole quantity at the latter price, he would have gained 17S per cent. How many gallons were there in the cask? MATHEMATICAL ITEMS. Archimedes, who died 210... | |
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