 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1839 - 308 pages
...-\- in subtracting, and those which have -f- must be changed to — . 2. A gentleman hired a laborer for 20 days on condition that, for every day he worked,...forfeit 3s. At the end of the time 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... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 316 pages
...£. 2s., how many pairs of hose may be bought for 2 £. 16s.? Ans. 24 pairs. 74. A man was hired 50 days, on condition that for every day he worked, he should receive 6 s., and for every day he was idle, he should forfeit 2 s. At the expiration of the time, he received... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...— 500 : Consequently, z=100, the number of bushels required. 12. A laborer engaged to serve for 40 days, on condition that for every day he worked he should receive 20d., but for every day he was absent he should forfeit 8d. ; now, at the end of the time, he had to... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1844 - 280 pages
...-J- in subtracting, and those which have -f- must be changed to — . 2. A gentleman hired a laborer for 20 days on condition that, for every day he worked,...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?... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1848 - 334 pages
...sixpences ; hence 9r + 600 = 500 + 10x, and x = 100 bushels of rye. 13. A labourer engaged to serve for 40 days, on condition that for every day he worked he should receive 20d., but for every day he was absent he should forfeit 8d. Now at the end of the time he had to reccive... | |
 | 1878 - 396 pages
...initials give a beautiful record of the Saviour's pity and love. II. — •A workman was employed for 60 days, on condition that for every day he worked he should receive 15 pence ; and for every day he played he should forfeit б pence; at the end of the time he had 20... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1851 - 288 pages
...— 500. Consequently x= 100, the number of bushels required. 12. A labourer engaged to serve for 40 days, on condition that for every day he worked he should receive 20d., but for every day he was absent he should forfeit 8d.: now, at the end of the time he had to... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...much as his head and tail. What is the weight of the fish ? Ans. 80Ib. 7. A man hired a laborer for 50 days, on condition that for every day he worked he should receive $1.50 and for every day he was absent he should forfeit $1.75. At the expiration of the time he received... | |
 | W. H. Farrar - Mental arithmetic - 1858 - 170 pages
...feet long. How many cubic feet in the stick ? Ans. 245.518-f-. 619. A man engaged a workman for 100 days, on condition that, for every day he worked, he should receive 80 cents; and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit 40 cents. He paid him $57.20. How many... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Algebra - 1858 - 530 pages
...5x + 4ж = 40, that is, 9ж = 40 ; 40 therefore, x = -g- = 4$. У 172. A workman was employed for 60 days, on condition that for every day he worked he should receive 15 pence, and for every day he was absent he should forfeit 5 pence; at the end of the time he had... | |
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many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Let x = the number of days he worked. 
