| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...1. RBCIPBOCATK, [L. rectpricui.] To exchange ; to interchange; to give anil return mutually. several products by the sum of the payments; the quotient will be the mean or equitable time for the payment of the whole. * 11. A owes B $200 to be paid in 6 months, $300... | |
| George Leonard (jr.) - Arithmetic - 1841 - 350 pages
...either debtor or creditor, merchants usually Multiply each debt by the time to elapse before it is due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts. Though this method is inaccurate it is easy, and experiment shows it may be employed without... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...cts., the worth of 1 lb. of the mixture. Hence the RULE. . • Multiply each quantity by ils price, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the quantities. The quotient will be the rate of the compound required. EXAMPLES. 2. A grocer mixes sugar,... | |
| George Leonard - Arithmetic - 1841 - 354 pages
...either debtor or creditor, merchants usually Multiply each debt by the time to elapse before it is due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts. Though this method is inaccurate it is easy, and experiment shows it may be employed without... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...the propriety of the following RULE. * Multiply each payment by the time, at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required. 2. A owes B $300, of which $50 is to be paid in 2... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1842 - 184 pages
...days, as before. Hence the following RULE. Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due, then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required. 2. John Smith owes a merchant, in Boston, $ 1000,... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...1. RECIPROCATE, [L. rectnricuj.] To exchange ; to interchange: to give and return mutually. several products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the mean or equitable time for the payment of the whole.* 11. A owes B $200 to be paid in 6 months, $300... | |
| Charles DAVIES (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1843 - 348 pages
...payments.) Hence, we have the following RULE. Multiply each payment by the time before it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments : the quotient will be the mean time. 2. B owes A $600 : $200 is to be paid in two months, $200 in four months, and $200 in six... | |
| W. H. CRANK - Arithmetic - 1843 - 340 pages
...mean rate of the mixture. RULE. — Multiply each quantity by its value for a unit of the quantity, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the quantities. (1) 10 galls, of brandy at 16s. 4d., were mixed with 36 at 8*., 45 at 6*., and 18 at 10*.... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1843 - 254 pages
...several debts, due at different times. RULE. Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due, then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. A owes B $380, to be paid $100 in 6 months, $120... | |
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