 In the proportion - = -, a, b, c, and d are called the terms bd of the proportion. The first and last terms are called the extremes and the second and third terms are called the means.  First Course in Algebra - Page 231by William Benjamin Fite - 1913 - 334 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1821 - 648 pages
...or, in other words, that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6.cb) Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means of that proportion. 98. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following... | |
 | John Radford Young - Euclid's Elements - 1827 - 246 pages
...its consequent. 8. If the number of magnitudes so related be but four, they are denominated simply a proportion ; the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the intermediate terms the means. 9. The antecedents are called homologous, or like terms, and the same... | |
 | Pierce Morton - Geometry - 1830 - 584 pages
...constitute a proportion, which is thus written, A : В : : С : D. te " A is to В as С is to D." Of a proportion, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means ; thus A, D are the extremes, and В, С the means, of the proportion A : B: : С : D. The... | |
 | Mathematics - 1835 - 684 pages
...constitute a proportion, which is thus written, A : В : : С : D. ie " A is to В as С is to D." Of a proportion, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means ; thus A, D are the extremes, and В, С the means, of the proportion A : B; : С : D. The... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1839 - 280 pages
...or, in other words, that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6. :" Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of that proportion. 06. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 216 pages
...or, in other words, that 12 : 4 : ; 18 : 6.* Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of that proportion. 79. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...or, in other words, that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6.* Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of that proportion. 79. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following... | |
 | Nicholas Tillinghast - Geometry, Plane - 1844 - 108 pages
...which is read, 12 is to 6, as 8 is to 4. 3. The numbers which make a proportion are called the terms of the proportion ; the first and last terms are called the extremes, the second and third the means. 4. The first and third terms are called antecedents, the second and... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1846 - 380 pages
...ratios form a proportion. (210.) In the proportion a : b : : c : d, a, b, c, d are called the terms of the proportion. The first and last terms are called the extremes, the second and third the means* The first term is called the first antecedent, the second term tlje... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1846 - 376 pages
...ratios form a proportion. (210.) In the proportion a : b : : с : d, a, b, c, d are called the terms of the proportion. The first and last terms are called the extremes, the second and third the meansThe first term is called the first antecedent, the second term the first... | |
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