 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1902 - 620 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 : Ь = с : d, the extremes are a and d. 324. The second and... | |
 | Engineering - 1902 - 514 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... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1902 - 794 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... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Machine-shop practice - 1903 - 362 pages
...first of which is the antecedent and the second the consequent. PROPORTION 1s AN EQUALITY OF RATIOS. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third the means. RATIO AND PROPORTION. A missing mean may be found by dividing the... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1903 - 398 pages
...intensity at A ? Algebra. 292. To FIND THE MISSING TERM OF A PROPORTION WITHOUT FINDING THE RATIO. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means; thus, in the proportion 12 : 6 = 8 : 4, 12 and 4 are the... | |
 | Oscar Lynn Kelso - Arithmetic - 1903 - 308 pages
...is not very clear. While it is proper to use it, it is much better to use the equality sign ( = ). The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms are called the means. If the two ratios of a proportion are simple,... | |
 | John William Hopkins, Patrick Healy Underwood - Arithmetic - 1903 - 578 pages
...: 20, is also f . Statement (2) may read 9 is as large compared with 15 as 12 is compared with 20. 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. 337. In a proportion the product... | |
 | John Henry Moore - Business mathematics - 1904 - 404 pages
...ratios. It is indicated by placing the sign of equality =, or a double colon :: between the ratios. 950. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. 951. The test of proportion is that the two integers or... | |
 | John Henry Tanner - Algebra - 1904 - 398 pages
..." 6 is to 3 as 10 is to 5 " ; its meaning is the same as 6 : 3 = 10 : 5, ie, the same as a = ¥• The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, while the second and third terms are called the means, and the fourth term is called the fourth proportional... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1904 - 656 pages
...ratio of the first term to the second term equals the ratio of the third term to the fourth term. 65. 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. 
