 As the body falls, the distance d and the time s are variables, and 16 is a constant. Again, time measured from a past date is a variable, while time measured between two fixed dates is a constant. 2. The constants in a mathematical investigation are,...  Complete Secondary Algebra - Page 360by George Egbert Fisher - 1901Full view - About this book
 | George Lees - 1826 - 276 pages
...such as are given or known. And, with a view to a more complete distinction, known or given quantities are represented by the first letters of the alphabet, a, b, c, d, &c. ; and those which are unknown by the last, at, y, ss, &c. 3. To express the relations which... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - Mathematics - 1830 - 458 pages
...is necessary to represent the known quantities by letters, as well as the unknown ones. The former are represented by the first letters of the alphabet, a, b, c, &c. and the unknown ones by the last letters, x, y, z, &c. The question is translated into equations,... | |
 | William Ritchie - Calculus - 1836 - 198 pages
...are supposed to increase or decrease at a uniform rate. The former are called Constant Quantities, and are represented by the first letters of the alphabet, a, b, c, Sac. ; the latter are called Variable Quantities, and are represented by the last letters x, y, z.... | |
 | Robert Simson (master of Colebrooke house acad, Islington.) - 1838 - 206 pages
...operations, with illustrations. 1 . In the solution of problems by Algebra, quantities whose values are known are represented by the first letters of the alphabet a, b, c, &c., and those whose values are yet unknown or which are to be found, are denoted by the last letters... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - 1844 - 262 pages
...is necessary to represent the known quantities by letters, as well as the unknown ones. The former are represented by the first letters of the alphabet, a, b, c, &c. and the unknown ones by the last letters, x, y, x, &c. The question is translated into equations,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1845 - 382 pages
...and 2dly, Those whose values are unknown, which are called unknown quantities. The known quantities are represented by the first letters of the alphabet, a, b, c, d, &c. ; and the unknown, by the final letters, x, y, z, &c. 31. A. problem is a question proposed... | |
 | Charles William Hackley - Algebra - 1846 - 542 pages
...distinguished, it is customary to represent these quantities by letters. Ordinarily, the given quantities are represented by the first letters of the alphabet, a, b, c . . . ; and the required or unknown by the last, x, y, z . . . The relations are expressed by signs.... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Calculus - 1851 - 300 pages
...assigned to them which will satisfy the equations into which they enter. Constant quantities are generally represented by the first letters of the alphabet, a, b, c, etc., and these always retain the same values throughout the same investigation. Thus, in the equation of... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Calculus - 1859 - 320 pages
...assigned to them which will satisfy the equations into which they enter. Constant quantities are generally represented by the first letters of the alphabet, a, b, c, etc., and these always retain the same values throughout the same investigation. Thus, in the equation of... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1879 - 474 pages
...letters may be either known numbers, or unknown numbers, which have to be found. The former are generally represented by the first letters of the alphabet, a, b, c, etc. ; and the latter by the last letters, x,y, 2, etc. This distinction is not, however, always observed.... | |
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