 | William Savage - Documents, Printing of - 1841 - 836 pages
...which they are placed are proportional to each other. = equal to, the sign of equality ; signifying that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. л/ the radical sign,- signifying that the quantity before which it is placed is to have some root... | |
 | George Hutton (arithmetic master, King's coll. sch.) - 1844 - 276 pages
...Annuities . . . 244 Char. EXPLANATION OF SIGNS USED IN THIS WORK. = The sign of Equality, denoting that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. + Plus or more, the sign of Addition, denoting that the quantities between which it is placed are to... | |
 | Admiralty - 1845 - 152 pages
...letters with different indices, as 4ox, 14о2?, — SoW, &c. 14. The sign = is the sign of equality, and signifies that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other, as 3 + 7=6+4. Also x+y=a— b, which expresses that the sum of x and у is equal to the difference of... | |
 | John Budge - Mining engineering - 1845 - 250 pages
...2 : 3:: 4 : 6, denotes that 2 is to 3 as 4 is to 6. •=.equal to, the sign of equality; signifying that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. Thus, 6+4 = 10, shews that 6 added to 4 is equal to 10. {_ Angle. ° Degrees. ' Minutes. A given line... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin - Mathematics - 1846 - 500 pages
...over several quantities, thus a + b + c, is in all respects equivalent to a bracket. 11. = Equals, signifies that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other : thus the symbolical sentence 2 + 3 = 5 expresses the fact that 2 and 3 added together make 5. 12.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 250 pages
...in the most clear and brief manner. ART. 19. The sign of equality, =, is read equal to. It denotes that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. Thus, o=3, denotes that the quantity represented by a is equal to 3. ART. 2O. The sign of addition,... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1851 - 288 pages
...signifies that a — b is to be divided by a + c. Q/~\—C = equal to, the sign of equality; signifying that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. Thus, x — a + b shows that the quantity denoted by x is equal to the sum of the quantities a and... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 250 pages
...in the most clear and brief manner. ART. 19. The sign of equality, =, is read equal to. It denotes that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. Thus, a=3, denotes that the quantity represented by a is equal to 3. ART. 2O. The sign of addition,... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1852 - 408 pages
...• ART. §. The sign =, is termed the sign of equality. It is read equal to, or equals, and denotes that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. Thus, x=5, denotes that the quantity represented by a: is equal to 5. ART. 9. The sign -(-, is termed... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1852 - 228 pages
...arithmetical operations, among which are the following : — = The sign of equality, called equals or is equal to, signifies that the quantities between which it is placed are in value equal to each other. -j- The sign of addition, ca-lled plus or and, signifies that the numbers... | |
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The sign of equality, called equal, or equal to, signifies that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. 
