 | James Loudon - Algebra - 1873 - 360 pages
...60 leaps in advance, and makes 9 leaps while the hound makes 6, but 8 of the hound's are equal to 7 of the hare's. How many leaps must the hound take to catch the hare ? 25. A steamboat which can travel at the rate of a miles an hour, in still water, goes from one station... | |
 | James Loudon - Algebra - 1873 - 314 pages
...60 leaps in advance, and makes 9 leaps while the hound makes 6, but 8 of the hound's are equal to 7 of the hare's. How many leaps must the hound take to catch the hare ? 25. A steamboat which can travel at the rate of a miles an hour, in still water, goes from one station... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...in advance of a hound, and takes 4 leaps to the hound's 3 ; but 2 of the hound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must -the hound take to overtake the hare ? SOLUTION. If 2 of the hound's leaps equal 3 of the hare's, 1 of the hound's is... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Mental arithmetic - 1877 - 160 pages
...10 leaps before a hound, and takes 4 leaps while the hound takes 3; but 2 of the hound's leaps equal 3 of the hare's : how many leaps must the hound take to catch the hare? SOLUTION. — One of the hound's leaps = | of the hare's, and 3 of them = 4 J leaps of the hare; then,... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1877 - 466 pages
...hare, 50 of her leaps before a greyhound, takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3; but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are as much as 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the greyhound take to overtake the hare ? Suo. Let 3i = the number of the hound's leaps, whence 4z = "... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1877 - 160 pages
...leaps in advance of a hound, and takes four leaps to the hound's 3 ; but 2 of the hound's leaps equal 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the hound take to overtake the hare ? 14. A has 50 per cent. more property than B, and B has 50 per cent. more than C... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1878 - 516 pages
...hare, 50 of her leaps before a greyhound, takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3; but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are as much as 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the greyhound take to overtake the hare? Suo. Let 3x = the number of the hound's leaps, whence 4x = " "... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1879 - 190 pages
...leaps in advance of a hound, and takes 4 leaps to the hound's 3 ; but 2 of the hound's leaps equal 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the hound take to overtake the hare ? 5. An apprentice receives from his employer 5 cents for every good photograph which... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1881 - 506 pages
...hare, 50 of her leaps before a greyhound, takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3 ; but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are as much as 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the greyhound take to overtake the hare ? Suggestion. Let 3x = the number of the hound's leaps, whence... | |
 | Robert Miller (M.A., of Edinburgh.) - Arithmetic - 1881 - 238 pages
...before a greyhound, and takes 5 leaps for the greyhound-s 4, but 3 leaps of the hound are equal to 4 of the hare's. How many leaps must the hound take to catch the hare ? (89.) A railway train 100 yards long overtook a horseman riding at the rate of 6 miles an hour, and... | |
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A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3 ; but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are as much as 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the hound take to catch the hare ? If ,'i : ! : : 1 : ,L the hare's gain. 
