 | Webster Wells - Geometry - 1899 - 450 pages
...equal to the ratio of c to d, may be written in either of the forms a : b = c : d, or - = -- bd 229. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms the means. The first and third terms are called the antecedents, and... | |
 | Webster Wells - Geometry - 1899 - 424 pages
...is equal to the ratio of c to d, may be written in either of the forms a:b = c:d. or* = -- bd 229. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms the means. The first and third terms are called the antecedents, and... | |
 | William James Milne - Geometry, Modern - 1899 - 258 pages
...a : b = c : d, a and c are the antecedents, and 6 and d are the consequents of the proportion. 265. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the Extremes and the second and third terms are called the Means of the proportion. In the proportion a : 6 = c... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Marine engineering - 1900 - 614 pages
...ratio of the first term to the second term equals the ratio of the third term to the fourth term. 306. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes... | |
 | Analytical chemistry - 1900 - 532 pages
...ratio of the first term to the second term equals the ratio of the third term to the fourth term. 135. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes... | |
 | 1900 - 728 pages
...ratio of the first term to the second term equals the ratio of the third term to the fourth term. 316. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Coal mines and mining - 1900 - 720 pages
...ratio of the first term to the second term equals the ratio of the third term to the fourth term. 3 IB. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1901 - 476 pages
...form a proportion are called the Antecedents and Consequents, respectively, of the proportion. 323. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the Extremes of the proportion. In the proportion a : b = с : d, the extremes are o and d. 324. The second and... | |
 | Samuel Wesley Baird - Arithmetic - 1901 - 168 pages
...proportion is often indicated by writing a double colon between the ratios compared. Thus, 12 : 4 : : 9 : 3. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the Extremes, and the second and third the Means. PRINCIPLES. — The product of the extremes equals the product... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Electric lighting - 1901 - 630 pages
...ratio of the first term to the second term equals the ratio of the third term to the fourth term. 51. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes... | |
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The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means. 
