A Treatise on the Elements of Algebra |
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algebraic quantities ANSW ANSWER arithmetic progression arithmetic series boards CALIFORNIA LIBRARY coefficient common denominator common difference consequently contained cube root decimal digits divide the number dividend divisible divisor equal EXAMPLE expressed Extract the square Find the sum Find the value four quantities fraction required geometric progression geometric series given number greater greatest common measure Hence increase integral or fractional irrational last term least common multiple least number lesser number logarithm lowest terms means Multiply negative nth root number of terms number required numerator and denominator odd number proper fraction proportional quadratic equation quadratic surd question quotient ratio Reduce remainder RULE solution square number square root subtracted Suppose surd quantities THEOR Theorem three numbers transposition UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA unknown quantities whole number
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Page 87 - There is a certain number, to the sum of whose digits if you add 7, the result will be three times the left-hand digit ; and if from the number itself you subtract 18, the digits will be inverted. What is the number ? ANSW.
Page 60 - any quantity may be transferred from one side of the equation to the other, by changing its sign ;" and it is founded upon the axiom, " if equals be added to or subtracted from equals, the sums or remainders will be equal.
Page 87 - 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...