 | James S. Sweet - Business mathematics - 1907 - 268 pages
...Pole Problems. 1 . The head of a fish is 9 inches long ; the tail is as long as the head and half the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail together. How long is the fish ? ANALYSIS : If the tail is as long as the head ( 9 inches ) and i the... | |
 | Frank J. Swetz - Education - 1994 - 282 pages
...56 workdays 10. The head of a fish is 10 inches long, the tail is as long as the head plus /2 of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail both. Required: the length of the fish. Answer: 80 inches 11. If 5 pints of milk cost 12 cents, how many... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1849 - 172 pages
...length of the fish? 3. The head of a fish is 12 inches long, the tail is as long as the head + -J of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail both ; what is the length of the fish ? 4. The head of a fish weighs 10 pounds, the tail weighs as much as the head +... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Mental arithmetic - 1873 - 188 pages
...of the fish. 8. The head of a perch is 4 inches long, the tail is as long as the head, plus \ of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail both ; what is the length of the perch ? 9. The tail of a pike weighs 3 ounces, the head weighs as much as the tail, plus... | |
 | Textile fabrics - 1888 - 408 pages
...THE head of a certain fish is 7$ inches long, and the tail is as long as the head and one-half the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail together. What is the entire length of the fish ? — Bluenose. SOMETHING ABOUT LOOMS. I HAVE often... | |
 | 1895 - 490 pages
...correctly solved. 1. The fish's head is nine inches long, the tail as long as the head and half the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail combined. How long is the fish ? Ana.— 9 Indies = length of head, . 9 Inches + X body = length of... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1871 - 352 pages
...gains 20%. 15. The head of a fish is 28 inches long ; the tail is as long as the head and ^- of the body ; and the body is as long as the head and tail. What is the length of the fish ? 28 in. + 28 in. = 56 in. = ^ the length t, *o™™x. - Since * fi... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 252 pages
...number? 36. There is a fish whose head is 6 inches long, and the tail is as long as the head and half the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail ; what is the length of the whole fish ? 37. A gentleman being asked his ago, replied, " If to my age... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 260 pages
...number? 36. There is a fish whose head is 6 inches long, and the tail is as long as the head and half the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail ; what is the length of the whole fish ? 37. A gentleman being asked his age, replied, " If to my age... | |
 | National Catholic Educational Association - 1916 - 1696 pages
...follows : "The head of .1 fish is eight inches long. The tail is as long as .the head and half the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail. How Ion? is the fish?" Complex fractions, too, are to be eliminate !. with some parts of percentage,... | |
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... of the length of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail both. What is the whole length of the fish ? 17. 
