 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1902 - 794 pages
...ratio of the first term to the second term equals the ratio of the third term to the fourth term. 316. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.... | |
 | Engineering - 1902 - 514 pages
...ratio of the first term to the second term equals the ratio of the third term to the fourth term. 51. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.... | |
 | Edith M. Joy - Mental arithmetic - 1902 - 216 pages
...45, and 9 are the first, second, third, and fourth terms, respectively. The first and fourth terms are called the extremes ; and the second and third are called the means. The product of the means always equals the product of the extremes; 15 : 3 : : 45 : 9. 15 x 9 = 135. 3... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1902 - 620 pages
...form a proportion are called the Antecedents and Consequents, respectively, of the proportion. 323. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the Extremes of the proportion. In the proportion a : Ь = с : d, the extremes are a and d. 324. The second and... | |
 | Oscar Lynn Kelso - Arithmetic - 1903 - 308 pages
...is not very clear. While it is proper to use it, it is much better to use the equality sign ( = ). The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms are called the means. If the two ratios of a proportion are simple, the proportion is simple.... | |
 | John William Hopkins, Patrick Healy Underwood - Arithmetic - 1903 - 578 pages
...: 20, is also f . Statement (2) may read 9 is as large compared with 15 as 12 is compared with 20. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms are called the means, of the proportion. 337. In a proportion the product of the extremes is... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1903 - 398 pages
...intensity at A ? Algebra. 292. To FIND THE MISSING TERM OF A PROPORTION WITHOUT FINDING THE RATIO. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means; thus, in the proportion 12 : 6 = 8 : 4, 12 and 4 are the extremes, and 6 and 8 are... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Machine-shop practice - 1903 - 362 pages
...first of which is the antecedent and the second the consequent. PROPORTION 1s AN EQUALITY OF RATIOS. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third the means. RATIO AND PROPORTION. A missing mean may be found by dividing the product of the extremes... | |
 | George William Myers, Sarah Catherine Brooks - Arithmetic - 1903 - 424 pages
...curve. 196. The first, second, third, and fourth numbers of a proportion are PAGE The first and the fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes and the second and the third terms, the means. The first two terms of a proportion are together called the first couplet;... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1903 - 366 pages
...[ :: ' > is a compound proportion. o : 4 ) D • o J 221. Every proportion consists of four terms. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes. The second and third terms of a proportion are called the means. The last term is said to be a fourth... | |
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The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means. 
