 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1832 - 282 pages
...quantity of any number of simples, whose rales are given, will compose a mixture of a given rate. So that it is the reverse of Alligation Medial, and may be proved by it. Qcj-This is called Alligation Alternate, because the same question frequently admits of different answers.... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...174 bush, barley Ans. < 17 4 busk rye. ( 25 bush. ' 210. ALLIGATION. 211, 211. Alligation Alternate is the reverse of Alligation Medial, and may be proved by it Questions under this rule admit of as many different answers ax there are different ways of linking.... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...62J cents a bushel ? C 174 bush, barley. Ans. < 174 bush. rye. ( 25 bush. when*. Alligation Alternate is the reverse of Alligation Medial, and may be proved by it Questions under this rule admit of as many different answers 1is there are different ways of linking.... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...Ibs., $16,75 -;-25=67 cents, the mean price of the mixture. Hence, it appears that Alligation Alternate is the reverse of Alligation Medial, and may be proved by it. 4. A grocer mixes wines at 29s., 24s., 22s., and 17s. a gallon, so that the mixture is worth 23s. per... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1838 - 346 pages
...quantity of any number of simples, whose rates are given, will compose a mixture of a given rate : so that it is the reverse of Alligation Medial, and may be proved by it. ALLIGATION ALTERNATE. RULE. 1. Write the rates of the simples in a column under each other. 2. Connect... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...quantity of any number of simples, whose rates are given, will compose a mixture of a given rate. So that it is the reverse of Alligation Medial, and may be proved by it. gjf This is called Alligation Alternate, because the same question frequently admits of different answers.... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...having the mean price or rate, and the mean prices or rates of the several simples given ; consequently, it is the reverse of ALLIGATION MEDIAL, and may be proved by it. 2. A farmer has oats worth 25 cents a bushel, which he wishes to mix with corn worth 50 cents per bushel,... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...lbs., $16.75-^-25=67 cents, the mean price of the mixture. Hence, it appears that Alligation Alternate is the reverse of Alligation Medial, and may be proved by it. 4. A grocer mixes wines at 29 s.,24 s., 22 s., and 17 s. a gallon, so that the mixture is worth 23... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...having the mean price or rate, and the mean prices or rates of the several simples given ; consequently, it is the reverse of ALLIGATION MEDIAL, and may be proved by it. 2. A farmer has oats worth 25 cents a bushel, which he wishes to mix with corn worth 50 cents per bushel,... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...having the mean price or rate, and the mean prices or rates of the several simples given ; consequently, it is the reverse of ALLIGATION MEDIAL, and may be proved by it. 2. A farmer has oats worth 25 cents a bushel, which he wishes to mix with corn worth 50 cents per bushel,... | |
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ALTERNATE is the method of finding what quantity of any number of simples, whose rates are given, will compose a mixture of a given rate : so that it is the reverse of Alligation Medial, and may be proved by it. RULE. 1. Write the rates of the simples'... 
