 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1836 - 202 pages
...III. — The first term, ths last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common difference. 6. In a school there are 8 scholars, -whose ages... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 488 pages
...terms, and dividing the product by 2. The common difference of the terms may be found, by dividing the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one. If the difference of the extremes be divided by the common differ, ence, the quotient increased by... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...Therefore — When the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, we have this RULE : Divide the difference of the extremes, by the number of terms less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 7. If the first term of a series be 3, the last... | |
 | Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 298 pages
...and number of terms are given, to find the common difference. Q. What is the RULE in this case ? A. Divide the difference of the extremes, by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. % EXAMPLES. 1. In an arithmetical series, the extremes... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1837 - 246 pages
...first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. R ULK. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 3 and 29, and the... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 194 pages
...III.: — The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 6. In a school there are 8 scholars, whose .ages... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 174 pages
...Heuce, II. Tlte first term, the last term, and the number of terms given to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. ftt, 279. ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION 119 2. If the... | |
 | Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 218 pages
...cost. Case 2. When the two extremes, and number of terms are given, to find the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes, by the number of terms, less one ; the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLE. 1. A is to receive from B a certain sum to be paid in 11 several payments... | |
 | Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 216 pages
...When the two extremes, and number of terms are given, to find the common difference. RULE. JJivide the difference of the extremes, by the number of terms, less one ; the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLE. '^ A is. to receive from B a certain sum to be paid in 1 1 several... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 356 pages
...PROBLEM I. The first term, last term, and the number of terms being given, to find the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one, and the quotient is the common difference. 1. The extremes are 3 and 45, and the number of terms is... | |
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Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 
