 | Miles Bland - Geometry - 1821 - 898 pages
...fair wind, arrives at Calais in two hours ; and on its return the wind being contrary, it proceeds six miles an hour slower than it went Now when it is half...done had the wind not changed, in the proportion of б : 7. Required the rates of sailing and the distance between Dover and Calais. A>is. The distance... | |
 | Miles Bland - Algebra - 1824 - 404 pages
...the wind being contrary, it proceeds six miles an hour slower than it went. Now when it is halfway over, the wind changing, it sails two miles an hour faster, and reaches Dover sooner tli.ui it would have done had the wind not changed, in the proportion of 6 : 7- Required the rates... | |
 | John Martin Frederick Wright - Mathematics - 1825 - 798 pages
...the wind being contrary, it proceeds six miles an hour slower than it went. Now when it is halfway over, the wind changing, it sails two miles an hour...reaches Dover sooner than it would have done had the wiud not changed, in the proportion of 6 : 7. Required the rates of sailing, and the distance between... | |
 | Algebra - 1834 - 182 pages
...the wind being contrary, it proceeds six miles an hour slower than it went. Now, when it is halfway over, the wind changing, it sails two miles an hour...sailing, and the distance between Dover and Calais. Answer, The distance is 22 miles; and the rates of sailing are 11, 5 and 7 miles an hour. 64. The revenue... | |
 | John Martin Frederick Wright - Mathematics - 1836 - 776 pages
...return the wind being contrary, it proceeds six miles an hour slower than it went. Now when it is naif way over, the wind changing, it sails two miles an hour faster, and reaches Dover sooner thati it would have done had the wind not changed, in the proportion of 6 : 7. Required the rates of... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...wind; arrives at Calais in two hours ; and on its return, the wind being contrary, it proceeds six miles an hour slower than it went. Now, when it is...faster, and reaches Dover sooner than it would have done had;the wind not changed, in the proportion of 6 : 7. Required the rates of sailing, and the distance... | |
 | Miles Bland - Algebra - 1841 - 456 pages
...fair wind, arrives at Calais in two hours ; and on its return the wind being contrary, it proceeds six miles an hour slower than it went. Now when it is half way over, the wind changing, it sails tero miles an hour faster, and reaches Dover sooner than it would have done had the wind not changed,... | |
 | Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pages
...return, the wind being contrary, it sails six miles an hour slower than it went. Now, when it is half-way over, the wind changing, it sails two miles an hour...sailing, and the distance between Dover and Calais. Ans. The distance is 22 miles ; and the rates of sailing are 11, 5 and 7 miles an hour. VARIATION.... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin (bp. of Carlisle.) - Mathematics - 1847 - 136 pages
...return, the wind being contrary, it proceeds six miles an hour slower than it went. When it is halfway over, the wind changing, it sails two miles an hour...reaches Dover sooner than it would have done, had not the wind changed, in the proportion of 6 : 7Required the distance between Dover and Calais. Ans.... | |
 | Miles Bland - Algebra - 1849 - 486 pages
...fair wind, arrives at Calais in two hours ; and on its return the wind being contrary, it proceeds six miles an hour slower than it went. Now when it is...sailing and the distance between Dover and Calais. Ans. The distance is 22 miles, and in returning it sails 5 and 7 miles an hour. 80. Six hundred persons... | |
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A packet sailing from Dover with a fair wind, arrives at Calais in two hours ; and on its return the wind being contrary, it proceeds six miles an hour slower than it went. Now when it is... 
