 | James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1844 - 272 pages
...13, be severally added, the first sum shall be to the second, as the second to the third 1 Prob. 3. Find two numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less, as their sum to 42 ; and as their difference to 6. Prob. 4. Divide the number 18 into two such parts, that the squares... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1846 - 376 pages
...the greater of which shall be to the less as their sum to 42, and as their difierence to 6. j? A Ex. 13. Find two numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less as their sum to a, and their difference to b. , , Ans- yp=kf and -5-. Ex. 15. What two numbers are those which are... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1846 - 380 pages
...numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less as their sum to 42, and as their difference to 6. Ex. 13. Find two numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less as their sum to a, and their difference to b. . - , Ans. £- -- in and — ^-~ 2(a — J) 2 • Ex. 14. There are... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1846 - 276 pages
...following examples are intended to illustrate the practical utility of the foregoing theorems: EXAMPLES. 1. Find two numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less, as their sum to 42; and as their difference is to 6. Let x= the greater, y= the less Then, per (Theorem 2.) xfy... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1847 - 266 pages
...rum must be added, that 25 pints of the mixture may contain 2 pints of water ? Ans. 20£ pts. XII. Find two numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less as their sum is to 72, and as their difference is to 27. Ans. 108'9 ; 49'5. XIII. If the French gold piece of 20 francs... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1848 - 354 pages
...examples are intended to illustrate the practical utility of the foregoing theorems : EXAMPLES. 1. Find two numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less, as their sum to 42 ; and as their difference is to 6. Let a;=the greater, y=the less. Then, per question, (Theorem... | |
 | Jeremiah Day, James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1848 - 264 pages
...13, be severally added, the first sum shall be to the second, as the second to the third 1 Prob. 3. Find two numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less, as their sum to 42 ; and as their difference to 6. Prob. 4. Divide the number 18 into two such parts, that the squares... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - School buildings - 1850 - 790 pages
...an election, the successful candidate had a majority of 65 : how many voted for each candidate ? 3. Find two numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less as their sum to 42, and as their difference to 6. Section 3. . 1. Find the value of x in the following equations... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1851 - 288 pages
...leaving the cave two thirds full. How many bales or casks would it hold ? Ans. 24 bales, or 72 casks. 39. Find two numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less as their sum to 42, and as their difference to 6. Ans. 32 and 24. 40. In one of the corners of a rectangular garden... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1855 - 356 pages
...of which shall be to the less as their sum to 42, and as their difference to 6. Ans. 32 and 24. Ex. 13. Find two numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less as their sum to a, and their difference to b. Ans. . .., and Ex. 14. There are two numbers which are in the ratio... | |
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Prob. 3. Find two numbers, the greater of which shall be to the less, as their sum to 42 ; and as their difference to 6. 
