 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 356 pages
...There is a fish whose head weighs 14 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head and -fy as much as his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail. "What is the weight '"of the &h? 82. If 5 gal. molasses are equal in value to 2 bush, corn, and... | |
 | William Rossiter - 1867 - 250 pages
...gallons. л 120 „ the brandy = -r 5=35 gallons. Example. The tail of a fish weighs 9 Ibs., his head as much as his tail and half his body, and his body as much as his head and his tail. What was his weight? We may take x to be either the weight of his... | |
 | Ludovic (fict.name.) - 1867 - 202 pages
...y, and z out of the alphabet.' ' A fish was caught whose tail weighed nine Ibs. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail, what did the fish weigh ? ' Ludovic read this aloud, looking... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 190 pages
...? 22 A fish's head weighs 5 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head added to half the weight of his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail together ; what is the weight of the fish ? 23. A and В start from towns which are 48 miles apart,... | |
 | Robert Wallace - 1870 - 164 pages
...MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS FOE PRACTICE. 1. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 91bs. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body ; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail ; what is the weight of the whole fish ? Ans. 721bs. 2. If A and... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1866 - 420 pages
...each ? , Ans. Chaise $300, horse $100, harness $50. 48. There is a fish whose tail weighs 9 Ibs. ; his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail. What is his whole weight ? Ans. 72 Ibs. 49. Find that number, which, multiplied by 5, and... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1877 - 182 pages
...? 22 A fish's head weighs 5 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head added to half the weight of his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail together ; what is tho weight of the fish ? 23. A and B start from towns which are 48 miles apart,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1878 - 180 pages
...22. A fish's head weighs a pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head added to half the weight of his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail together ; what is the weight of the fish ? 23. A and B start from towns which are 48 miles apart,... | |
 | J. G - 1878 - 408 pages
...is the case in the well-known example : A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9lb. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. Find the weight of the whole fish ? Here, if x = weight of body,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1878 - 322 pages
...are to each other as-« to c ? • 53. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 Ibs. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? 54. An express messenger... | |
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His head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together. 
