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Page 97 - To divide the number 90 into four such parts, that if the first be increased by 2, the second diminished by 2, the third multiplied...
Page 46 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Page 181 - A vintner draws a certain quantity of wine out of a full vessel that holds 256 gallons, and then, filling the vessel •with water, draws off the same quantity of liquor as before, and so on for four draughts, when there were only 81 gallons of pure wine left.
Page 284 - The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, in order to produce the first number.
Page 258 - We may obtain the sixth root by extracting the cube root of the square root, or the square root of the cube root. It is, however, best to extract the roots of the lowest degrees first, because the operation is less laborious. We may obtain the eighth root by extracting the square root three times successively.
Page 371 - ... force of attraction to vary directly as the quantity of matter, and inversely as the square of the distance, at what point between them will a third body be equally attracted by the earth and moon ? Ans.
Page 42 - Divide the coefficient of the dividend by the coefficient of the divisor.
Page 38 - The square of the sum of two quantities is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Page 101 - RULE. Find an expression for the value of one of the unknown quantities in one of the equations, and substitute this value for the same unknown quantity in the other equation.
Page 139 - Which proves that the square of a number composed of tens and units contains, the square of the tens plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Treatise on Algebra Loomis's mathematical series |
| Author | Elias Loomis |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1873 |
| Length | 360 pages |
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