 | John Ward (of Chester.) - Mathematics - 1724 - 480 pages
...refpefl to the Firft, the leffer will the Fourth Term be, in refpeft to the Second. Example 2. If 8 Men can do a piece of Work in 12 Days ; how many Days will 16 Men require to do the fame Work. Here it is plain the Fourth Term muft be Lefs than the Second,... | |
 | John Ward - Mathematics - 1771 - 510 pages
...refpeft to the firft, the lels will the fourth Term be, in refpeft to the fécond. Example 2. If 8 Men can do a Piece of Work in 12 Days, How many Days will 16 Men require to do the fame Work ? Here it is plain the fourth Teirn muft be lefs than the fécond,... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - Arithmetic - 1836 - 104 pages
...EXAMPLES IN ANALYSIS. ££• Let the following sums be stated in the same manner as the preceding. 1. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days : in how many days will 4 men do the same work ? 2. If 2 men in 3 days will earn 14 dollars : how much... | |
 | William Tate - 1837 - 358 pages
...will exactly divide them, but not the first and second, as in Direct Proportion. EXAMPLE. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, how many days will 16 men require to perform the same ? men days men If 8 require 12 what will 16 require? 8 16)96 Answer... | |
 | Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pages
...time. Obs. 1. In the preceding examples the proportion is termed Direct. Ex. 7. If 8 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days, how many days will it take 6 men, working at the same rate, to complete the same ? do it, Here, 8x12 = the number of days in which... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1855 - 186 pages
...be greater or less than the first; and proceed as in the foregoing examples. Examples. 1. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, how many days can 16 men perform the same in 1 Here the answer is to be days : so that putting the 12 days for the... | |
 | John Hind - 1856 - 346 pages
...greater or less in the same proportion as the cause is greater or less. Ex. 3. If 10 men can perform a piece of work in 12 days; how many days will it take 8 men to do the same ? Here, the causes will evidently be to each other as 10x12 to 8 -x. x; and the... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 394 pages
...example: If 3 men can do a piece of work in VI days, how long will it take 4 men to do the same? Solution. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, 1 man can do it in £ of 12 days, which is 4 days, and 4 men will do it in 4 times 4 days, which are... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 396 pages
...example: If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, how long will it take 4 men to do the same? SOLUTION. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, 1 man can do it in ^ of 12 days, which is 4 days, and 4 men will do it in 4 time? 4 days, which are... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 340 pages
...for $34.71 ? Ans. 267yd. 6. If 34 yd. cost $147, what cost 9 yd. ? Ans §38||. 7. If 5 men perform a piece of work in 12 days, how many days will it take 3 men ? SOLUTION.—It Trill require 1 rann 5 times as long as 5 men; that is, 5X12 days = 00 da. Again,... | |
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60 cents, at the rate of 4 pounds for 20 cents ? 27. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, how many days will it take 9 men to do the same ? ANALYSIS. If 3 men can do the work in 12 days, 9 men can do it in ^ of 3 times 12 days • 3 times 12 
