 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...day he wa.s at work he should receive 75 cents, at the expiration of the time, he received $25; now, how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle? Ans. he worked 52 days, arid was idle 28. 5. Two persons, A. and B. have the same income, A. saves... | |
 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...day he was at work he should receive 75 cents, at the expiration of the time, he received $25; now, how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle? Ans. he worked 52 days, and was idle 28. 5. Two persons, A. and B. have the same income, A. saves one-fifth... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...every day he was idle he should forfeit 1 s. 8 d. At the expiration of the time he received 3,£ 15s. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? . ( He was employed 35 days, Anmer, { and was idle 25. ALLIGATION. ALLIGATION is the method of mixing... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...day, and to forfeit 50 cents for every day he should be idle during that time. He received S25 : now how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle 1 A. 52 days ; idle 28. MENSURATION. CXI. 1. MENSURATION is the measuring of Surfaces and Solids. OF... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...day, and to forfeit 50 cents for every day he should be idle during that time. He received $25 : now how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? A. 52 days; idle 28. MENSURATION/ CXI. 1. MENSURATION is the measuring of Surfaces and Solids. OF... | |
 | George Hutton (arithmetic master, King's coll. sch.) - 1844 - 276 pages
...for every day he was idle he should forfeit lOd. ; at the end of 300 days he received 10 guineas ; how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle? Ans. He worked 184 days, and was idle 116 days. 3. A person has two silver cups of unequal weight,... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1844 - 280 pages
...every day he was idle, he should forfeit 3s. At the end of the lime agreed on he received 80 shillings. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle? Let x = the number of days he worked. Then 20 — £ = the number of days he was idle. x days, at 7s.... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1845 - 196 pages
...wrought, and should forfeit 10 cents for every day he was idle ; at settlement he received 5 dollars. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Ans. Wrought 30 days, idle 10. 7. A father dying, left to his three sons A, B, and C his estate in... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1848 - 354 pages
...forfeit 25 cents for damage and board. At the end of the time a settlement was made and he received $25. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? The common way of solving such questions is to let x= the days he worked ; then 60 — x represents... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1850 - 314 pages
...day, and to forfeit 50 cents for every day he should be idle during that time He received $25 : now how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? A. 52 days ; idle 28. MENSURATION. CXI. 1. MENSURATION is the measuring of Surfaces and Solids. OF... | |
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