 | Miles Bland - Algebra - 1849 - 486 pages
...shillings. 12. A and В set out from two towns which were at the distance of 247 miles, and travelled the direct road till they met. A went 9 miles a day...days, at the end of which they met, was greater by з than the number of miles which В went in a day. How many miles did each go ? Let x = the number... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1850 - 256 pages
...each ? Ans. 10 and 16 yards. 21. A and B set out from two towns which were distant from each other 247 miles, and traveled the direct road till they...miles which B went in a day. How many miles did each travel? Ans. A, 117, and B 130 miles. 22. The fore wheels of a carriage make 6 revolutions more than... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1855 - 370 pages
...ordered to send at first ? 4. A and B set out from two towns, which were distant 247 miles, and travelled the direct road till they met. A went 9 miles a day...3, than the number of miles, which B went in a day. Where between A and B did they meet ? On substituting — x for x in the equations, which pertain respectively... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...what price ? Prob. 12. A and В set out from two towns, which were 247 miles distant, and travelled the direct road till they met. A went 9 miles a day ; and the number of days which they travelled before meeting was greater by 3 than the number of miles which В went in a day.... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1856 - 280 pages
...miles, and traveled the direct road till they me*. A went 8 miles per hour, and the number of hours at the end of which they met was greater by 3 than the number of miles which B went in an hour. How many miles did each go ? Ans. A 96 miles, and B 108 miles. Prob. 66. A farmer bought a... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1858 - 344 pages
...-— ^ ! ^/* *A^' , 4. A and B set out from two towns, which were distant 247 miles, and travelled the direct road till they met. A went 9 miles a day;...3, than the number of miles, which B went in a day. Where between A and B did they meet ? On substituting — x for x in the equations, which pertain respectively... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard, William Downs Henkle - Algebra - 1859 - 538 pages
...subtract 12, there will remain nothing. How old was he 1 Ans. 16, or 36. (Prove the last answer.) 16. A and B set out from two towns which were at the distance...met, was greater by 3 than the number of miles which В went in a day. How many miles did each go ? Ans. A 1 17, and Б 130. 16. A set out from С toward... | |
 | William Smyth - 1861 - 352 pages
...to send at first ? 4. A and B set out from two towns, which were distant 247 - miles, and travelled the direct road till they met. A went 9 miles a day; and the number of days at the end of which -they Tnet, wag greater by 3, than the number of miles, which B went in a day. Where between A and B did... | |
 | Gerardus Beekman Docharty - Algebra - 1862 - 336 pages
...brandy cost him. What was the price of the brandy ? Ans. £30. 8. A and В set out at the same time from two towns, which were at the distance of 247...the number of days, at the end of which they met, waa greater by 3 than the number of miles В went in a day . How many miles did each go ? Ans. A 117... | |
 | John Spare - Calculus - 1865 - 278 pages
...common algebraic one: A and B set out from two towns, distant 247 miles from each other, and travelled the direct road till they met. A. went 9 miles a day,...and the number of days at the end of which they met, increased by the number of miles B went per day, was 31. Required the number of miles B went a day.... | |
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B set out from two towns, which were distant 247 miles, and travelled the direct road till they met. A went 9 miles a day ; and the number of days, at the end of which they met, was greater by 3 than the number of miles which B went in a day. How many... 
