Find two numbers such that, when the greater is divided by the less, the quotient is 4, and the remainder 3 ; and when the sum of the two numbers is increased by 38, and the result divided by the greater of the two numbers, the quotient is 2 and the remainder... Shorter Course in Algebra - Page 4by George Albert Wentworth - 1888 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
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| James Hamblin Smith - 1883 - 466 pages
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| George Albert Wentworth - 1883 - 536 pages
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| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1884 - 552 pages
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| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1885 - 318 pages
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| Webster Wells - Algebra - 1890 - 560 pages
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