 | Thomas Smith (of Liverpool.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 180 pages
...made it fifteen times too large, divide it by this 15; that is to say, we have the same result if we multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. AND THIS is THE RULE ; this, when the terms are properly placed, this MULTIPLYING THE SECOND AND THE... | |
 | A. Turnbull - Arithmetic - 1836 - 368 pages
...larger of the proportionate terms first. 584. Having stated the question agreeably to these directions, then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first ; and the quotient will be the fourth term, which will of course he of the same denomination as the... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1836 - 202 pages
...mentioned in it.* * It is often better to reduce the lower denominations to the decimal of the highest. 3. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer, in that denomination which the third term was left in. In arranging... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 252 pages
...question. The first and third terms must be of one name. The second term of -divers denominations. Multiply the second and third terms together, and...divide the product by the first term ; the quotient thence arising will be the Answer. OBS. This rule is founded on the obvious principle, that the magnitude... | |
 | Abel Flint - Geometry - 1837 - 338 pages
...is calculated accordingly. GENERAL ROLE. 1. State the question in every case, as already taught : 2. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. The manner of taking natural sines and tangents from the tables, is the same as for logarithmic sines... | |
 | Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 306 pages
...direct, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term, and the quotient will be the fourth term or answer, in the same denomination you left the second term in, arid must be brought to the denomination required by the question. Q.... | |
 | Thomas Holliday - Surveying - 1838 - 404 pages
...3.—By arithmetical computation. Having stated the question according to the proper rule or case, multiply the second and third terms together and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the fourth term required for the natural number. But in working by logarithms,... | |
 | Robert Simson (master of Colebrooke house acad, Islington.) - 1838 - 206 pages
...When the terms are stated and reduced, how do you proceed in order to find a fourth proportional? I multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, the quotient is the answer. In what name are the product of the second and third terms, the quotient,... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 194 pages
...mentioned in it.* * It is often better to reduce the lower denominations to tha daeimil «f the highest 3. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer, in that denomination which the third term was bft in. In arranging... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...than the fourth, make the less of the two remaining terms the Jirst term, and the greater the second: then multiply the second and third terms together,...the quotient will be the fourth. term, or answer. 1. If I buy 871 yards of cotton cloth for 78 dollars 39 cents, what is the price of 29 yards of the... | |
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Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 
