 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1838 - 346 pages
...them crosswise. 3. If the errors are alike, that is, both greater or both less than the given number, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient is the answer ; but if the errors be unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 356 pages
...Multiply each of the errors by the contra supposition, and find the sum and difference of the products. If the errors are alike, divide the difference of...of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 326 pages
...number by the first error. If both errors are too great or top small, divide the difference of these products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the number sought. But if one of the errors be too large, and the other too small, divide the sum of the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...Multiply each of the errors by the contra supposition, and find the sum and difference of the products. If the errors are alike, divide the difference of...of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. If the errors are unlike. divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient... | |
 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...Illustration. When both signs are + or both signs — , subtract, but when one sign is + and the other — add, If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors; but, if unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors. 1. Divide 15 into 2 such parts,... | |
 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...When both signs are -f- or both signs —, subtract, but when one sign is + and the other — add. If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors; but, if unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors. 1. Divide 15 into 2 such parts,... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1841 - 250 pages
...and the las) position by the first error. 4. If the errors are alike, divide the difference of lite products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 5. If the errors arc unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...supposition by the first error. III. If the errors are alike — that is, both too great or both too small, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors. IV. If the errors are unlike — that is, one too large, and the other too small, divide the sum of... | |
 | Osman Call - Arithmetic - 1842 - 200 pages
...errors by the contrary supposition, and find the sum or difference of the product. If the errors be alike, divide the difference of the products by the...of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. If the errors be unlike, divide the sum of the products l>y the sum of the errors, and the quotient... | |
 | Charles Waterhouse - Arithmetic - 1842 - 178 pages
...sum is the error. 2. If the errors are alike — that is, both more or both less than the given sum, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors. 3. If the errors are unlike — that is, one larger and one smaller than the given sum, divide the... | |
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If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 
