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Page 4 - ... that the volume of a sphere varies as the cube of its radius. 20. Find the radius of a sphere whose volume is equal to the sum of the volumes of three spheres whose radii are r, /, and r".
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Page 61 - There are three numbers in arithmetical progression, whose sum is 21 ; and the sum of the first and second is to the sum of the second and third as 3 to 4.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A graduated series of exercises in elementary algebra |
| Author | George Farncomb Wright |
| Published | 1857 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2006 |
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