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1ST SOLUTION 2D SOLUTION acres amount angle bank barrel base bought bricks bushels ciphers Compound compound interest contained cost cube cube root cubic denominate number diameter discount Divide dividend divisor dollars Dry Measure equal EXAMPLE 2.-What EXPLANATION.-Since EXPLANATION.-We face factors feet figure Find the sum fraction frustum gain gallons greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths hypotenuse inches insured integers interest of $1 least common multiple measure miles mills minuend Multiply paid par value payment Percentage Pittsburgh pounds premium Present Worth principal PROBLEMS quires quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder Rule selling slant height sold SOLUTION.-Since square root subtract subtrahend thick thousand thousandths Troy Troy Weight units weight wheat whole number write Written Exercises Written Exercises+ yards
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Page 398 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend. 5. Double the whole root already found for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down. NOTE.
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Page 389 - ... by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend ; to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
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Page 197 - An ACUTE ANGLE is one which is less than a right angle ; as the angle DEF.
Page 72 - Place the sum down as in the last example, then mark off from the right of the dividend as many figures as there are ciphers in the divisor...