 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1863 - 374 pages
...generally \ expressed like fractions, thus -r=-.. bd In the proportion a : b : : c • d, or T=-IJ o anii d are the extremes, and b and c the means. The first term is also called the first antecedent, and the second the first consequent, the third term the second... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1864 - 336 pages
...proportion are its first and last terms. The MEANS of a proportion are its second and third terms. Thus, a and d are the extremes, and b and c the means, in the proportion a : b : : c : d .. 307. A COUPLET consists of the two terms of a ratio. 308. A PROPORTIONAL... | |
 | William Harris Johnston - 1865 - 478 pages
...ratio, is an antecedent and the denominator, its consequent. Of the four numbers which constitute a proportion, the first and fourth terms are called the extremes, and the second and third, the means, that is, the first antecedent and second consequent are the extremes ; the first consequent and second... | |
 | James A. Christie - 1865 - 454 pages
...: 12- :: 14- : 21As 14- : 21- :: 8- : 12As 8- : 12- :: 14- : 21When four Numbers are Proportionals, the first and fourth terms are called the Extremes, and the second and third are called the Means. METHOD OF FINDING ANY TERM OF A PROPORTION. In each of the following Proportions... | |
 | James Pryde - Navigation - 1867 - 506 pages
...researches, and consequently will most frequently be used. 35. The first and last terms of analogy are called the extremes, and the second and third the means; thus, in the analogy -r = -j, a and d are the extremes, and c and b are the means. 36. THEOREM. — In any analogy... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Algebra - 1868 - 270 pages
...the antecedents and consequents of the two ratios are respectively the antecedents and consequents of the proportion. The first and fourth terms are...the extremes, and the second and third the means. 197. When three quantities are in proportion, eg a : b = b : c, the second is called a mean proportional... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1868 - 340 pages
...proportion are called the ANTECEDENTS; the second and fourth, the CONSEQUENTS. The first and fourth are also called the EXTREMES, and the second and third the MEANS. Thus, in the proportion A : B : : C : D, A and C arc the antecedents ; B and D are the consequents ; A and D are... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1872 - 262 pages
...the antecedents and consequents of the two ratios are respectively the antecedents and consequents of the proportion. The first and fourth terms are...the extremes, and the second and third the means. 6. When three quantities are in proportion, cg a : b = b : c, the second is called a mean proportional... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1872 - 124 pages
...the antecedents and consequents of the two ratios are respectively the antecedents and consequents of the proportion. The first and fourth terms are...the extremes, and the second and third the means. 6. When three quantities are in proportion, eg a : b = b : c, the second is called a mean proportional... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - History - 1872 - 336 pages
...expressed is called a proportion. A proportion, therefore, is an equality of ratios. The first'and the fourth terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of the proportion. These terms in every proportion sustain such a relation to each other, that the... | |
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Terms of the proportion. The first and fourth terms are called the Extremes, and the second and third the Means. 
