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12 x³y³ 1st numerator 2d numerator 3x²y 4x the number 9 a² 9 b² 9 c² A's age a+b+c a²b a²b² a²b²x² a²bc a²x a³b a³b³ ab² ab³ abc2 abcd Algebra arithmetical arithmetical mean B's age cents digits Divide Exercise expressions are equal father's age Find the numbers Find the sum G. A. WENTWORTH greater number Mailing price miles an hour minute-spaces Multiply both terms number of days number of dollars number of feet number of hours number of leaps number of miles number of rods number of spaces number of square Phillips Exeter Academy quotient required fraction smaller number son's age spaces the minute-hand Substitute value Subtract sum of fractions sum of numerators x the number x²y x²y¹ x²y² x³y xy² xy³ yards
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Page 162 - The sum of the two digits of a number is 9, and if 9 is added to the number, the digits will be reversed. Find the number. Let x — the tens' digit, and y = the units
Page 163 - If the number is divided by the sum of its digits the quotient is 7 ; if the digits are interchanged, and the resulting number diminished by 12 is divided by the difference between the two digits, the quotient is 9. What is the number?
Page 211 - ... specially suited to their requirements. It is substantially equivalent to the author's Complete Algebra, but is believed to be in many respects better. The arrangement and the treatment of the topics have been revised, and fuller explanations have been given. It is more complete than the School Algebra, inasmuch as it takes up the topics usually included in higher Algebra. It gives a fuller treatment of the simpler elements of Algebra than the College Algebra, and not so elaborate a treatment...
Page 211 - ... institutions. The preparatory schools and academies for which it is particularly recommended are those of high grade, especially such as give the pupils a thorough preliminary drill in Arithmetic. Normal schools, seminaries, and a large percentage of the colleges, particularly in the West and South, will find it specially suited to their requirements. It is substantially equivalent to the author's Complete Algebra, but is believed to be in many respects better. The arrangement and the treatment...
Page 156 - A would have twice as much money as B. How much has each ? Let x = the number of dollars A has, and у = the number of dollars В has.
Page 208 - Schools, and are believed to present the best known methods in the most attractive, available, and practical form. Wentworth and Reed's First Steps in Number. For prices, see List at the beginning of this Catalogue; for full description, see Common School Catalogue. A High School Arithmetic. (Wentworth & Hill's Practical Arithmetic.) By GA WENTWORTH, Professor of Mathematics, Phillips Exeter Academy, and the late Dr.
Page 214 - ... first part (Exercise Manual) contains about 4500 problems classified and arranged according to the usual order of textbooks in Algebra; and the second part (Examination Manual) contains nearly 300 examination-papers, progressive in charac-.
Page 134 - How long will it take each to do the work? Let x = the number of days it will take A...
Page 167 - How much has each? Let x = the number of dollars A has. Then, 2 x = the number of dollars B has, and 3 x = the number of dollars C has.
Page 142 - Find the time between 3 and 4 o'clock when the hands of a clock are at right angles to each other.