 | George Roberts Perkins - Algebra - 1848 - 234 pages
...and B's money which was $50 more than A's, was in trade 5 months ; what was A's stock 1 Ms. $100. 14. It is required to divide the number 24 into two such parts, that their product may be equal to 35 times their difference. What are the parts? Jins. 10 and 14. 15. A... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1848 - 354 pages
...1. It is required to divide the number of 14 into two such parts, that the quotient of the greater divided by the less, may be to the quotient of the less divided by the greater, as 16 : 9. Ans. The parts are 8 and 6. Let a;= the greater part. Then 14 —... | |
 | Samuel Alsop - Algebra - 1848 - 336 pages
...Ex. 6. It is required to divide the number 14 into two such parts that the quotient of the greater divided by the less, may be to the quotient of the less by the greater as 16 to 9. Ans. 8 and 6 Ex. 7. Bought a number of oxen for 1406-25 dollars, the number... | |
 | James Wharton - 1848 - 164 pages
...Ans. ]',' and ¿i. (31.) Divide the number 49 into two such parts, that the quotient of the greater divided by the less may be to the quotient of the less divided by the greater as jj to j¡. Ans. 28 and 21. (32.) A general having detached 620 men to take... | |
 | Jeremiah Day, James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1848 - 264 pages
...Prob. 10. It is required to divide the number 14 into two such parts that the quotient of the greater divided by the less, may be to the quotient of the less divided by the greater as 16 to 9. Prob. 11. What two numbers are as 5 to 4, the sum of whose cubes... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1850 - 358 pages
...of yours, I can purchase the house. How much money had each of them ? Ans. A had $160. B $120. 12. It is required to divide the number 24 into two such...divided by the greater, as 4 to 1. Ans. 16 and 8. 13. A certain company at a tavern, when they came to settle their reckoning, found that had there been... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1850 - 256 pages
...Divide the number a into two such parts, that the sum of the squares of those parts shall be b. Ans. 11. It is required to divide the number 24 into two such parts, that their product may be equal to 35 times their difference. Ans. 10 and 14. 12. The sum of two numbers... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1851 - 272 pages
...of equations of the second degree. We give a few exampleS. 1. It is required to divide the number 14 into two such parts that the quotient of the greater...divided by the less, may be to the quotient of the less divided by the greater, as 16 to 9. Let x = the greater part; then 14 — x = the less, and by the... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1851 - 288 pages
...divide the number 40 into two such parts, that the sum of their squares shall be 818. Ans. 23 and 17. 3. It is required to divide the number 24 into two such parts, that their product shall be equal to 35 times their difference. Ans. 10 and 14. 2. To'find a number such,... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1852 - 408 pages
...from 10, and multiply the remainder by the number itself, the product shall be 21. " Ans. 7 or 3. 8. It is required to divide the number 24 into two such parts that their product shall be equal to 35 times their difference. Ans. 10 and 14. 9. Divide the number 346... | |
| |
It is required to divide the number 24 into two such parts, that their product may be equal to 35 times their difference. Ans. 10 and 14. 
