 | Benjamin Peirce - Geometry - 1847 - 204 pages
...ratio of A to B is A : B, or it may just as well A be written in the form of a fraction, as — . B The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second the consequent. Thus, A is the antecedent of the preceding ratio, and B its consequent. The... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1850 - 314 pages
...[L. doctrinal Whatever is taught ; a principle ; learning ; knowledge; the truths of the gospel. 2. The first term of a ratio is called the ANTECEDENT, and the second, the CONSEQUENT, and both together form a COUPLET, as 12 : 3. Here 12 is the Antecedent, and... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1852 - 348 pages
...Thus, The ratio of 12 to 4 is expressed by 12 : 4. " 19 to 9 " " by 19 : 9. " a to * " " by a : b. 328. The first term of a ratio is called the Antecedent, and the last term the Consequent. The antecedents in the preceding ratios are therefore 12, 19, and a; 'and... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1856 - 334 pages
...principle Learning; knowledge the truths of the gosiwl. S DEDUCED, [L. dedvco.] Drawn from; Inferred. 3. The first term of a ratio is called the ANTECEDENT, and the second, the CONSEQUENT, and both together form a COUPLET, as 12 : 3. Here 12 is the Antecedent, and... | |
 | Samuel Alsop - Algebra - 1856 - 152 pages
...: b; which are read 3 to 5 and a to b, express the ratio which 3 bears to 5 and a bears to b. §87. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second the consequent. §88. The ratio which the product of the antecedents of several ratios bears... | |
 | Charles Elsee - Arithmetic - 1866 - 300 pages
...a colon between them ; thus the above ratios may be written 12 : 3 ; £5 : £2 ; 29 days : i year. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent; and the second, the consequent : and if these are interchanged, the ratio is said to be the inverse of what... | |
 | Thomas Brown (of Dublin.) - Arithmetic - 1869 - 88 pages
...is the number of times the former contains the latter. Thus the ratio of 6 : 3 is 2 ; of 3 : 6 is |. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent ; and the second the consequent. 93X9 =lac.2r.39p. 480 2. To reduce degrees of temperature of the Centigrade... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1872 - 262 pages
...fraction. Thus, the ratio of a to b is written, a : 6, or - ; read, a is to b, or a divided by b. 2. The Terms of a ratio are the quantities compared,...The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, the other the consequent ; the two terms together are called a couplet. 3. An Inverse or Reciprocal... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1872 - 124 pages
...of a to b is written, a : b, or - ; read, a is to b, or a divided by b. 2. The Terms of a ratio arc the quantities compared, whether simple or compound....The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, the other the consequent ; the two terms together arc called a cou})let. 3, An Inverse or Reciprocal... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1873 - 132 pages
...fraction. Thus, the ratio of a to 6 is written, a : b, or j-; read, a is to 6, or a divided by b. 2. The Terms of a ratio are the quantities compared,...The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, the other the consequent; the two terms together are called a couplet. 3. An Inverse or Reciprocal... | |
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The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the other the consequent ; and the two terms together are called a couplet. 
