 | 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... | |
 | Robert Wallace - 1870 - 164 pages
...*=21-1655995554508805. • MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS FOE PRACTICE. 1. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 91bs. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his...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 B together can perform a piece of... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1871 - 404 pages
...fish was caught whose tali weighed Qlb. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body ; his body weighed as much as his head and tail together : what was the weight of the fish rs Let - 2x denote the weight of the body ; then - - 9 \- x will denote weight of the head ; and since... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1866 - 420 pages
...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,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1878 - 322 pages
...difference is b, 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...and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? 54. An express messenger travels at the rate of 13 miles in 2 hours ; 12 hours later, another starts... | |
 | J. G - 1878 - 408 pages
...one depends. This 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...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. Find the weight of the whole fish ? Here, if x = weight of body, 9 + X = weight of head ; .'. by question... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1881 - 360 pages
...required to fill the cistern if both are running? 61. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds. His head weighed as much as his tail and half his...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. How much did the fish weigh? 62. Of a detachment of soldiers, $ are on duty, ^ of them sick, £ of... | |
 | George William Jones - Algebra - 1892 - 300 pages
...order of the digits is reversed: what is the number ? 6. If the tail of a fish weigh 9 Ibs., his head as much as his tail and half his body, and his body as much as his head and tail, what is the weight of the whole fish ? 7. There are two pipes one of... | |
 | James Morford Taylor - Algebra - 1893 - 358 pages
...rate of 4| miles an hour. When did B overtake A ? 51. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh? 52. Find a number such that if f of it be subtracted from 20, and y'T of the... | |
 | Stewart B. Sabin, Charles D. Lowry - Algebra - 1894 - 138 pages
....-»-8jr-T+g. ^+3y = 2y + §+2. LESSON LXX. 1. The tail of a fish weighs 9 pounds. His head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail together. What is the weight of the fish ? 2. A third part of a... | |
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Ibs., his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and t.ail together : what was the weight of the fish ? Let 2x = the weight of the body, in pounds. 
