 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1866 - 420 pages
...There remained x— I ^+35 1 gal. ; .-. x— I g+35 1 =;-. From which the answer is readily found. 7. A laborer was engaged for 20 days. For each day that...days did he work, and how many days was he idle? Let . . . £= the number of days he worked; Then, . . 20— x= " " " " was idle. Also, . . . 50a;= wages... | |
 | Joseph W. Wilson - Algebra - 1873 - 268 pages
...was idle, 50 cents were to be deducted for his board. At the end of the 25 days, he received $17.50. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Ans. He worked 20 days, and was idle 5. 4. A hare is 25 of her own leaps in advance of a greyhound,... | |
 | Joseph Ficklin - Algebra - 1874 - 446 pages
...receive 50 cents, and for every day he was idle he should forfeit 25 cents. At the end of the 20 days he received $4 ; how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Let x denote the number of days he worked ; then he was idle 20 — x days. 50ж = wages due for work, and... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1874 - 340 pages
...he was idle he should forfeit 25 cents for damage and board. At the end of the time he received $25. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? SOLUTION. ANALYSIS. Representing the idle days by x, 60 — x Let x = days he was idle; must be the... | |
 | Joseph Ficklin - Algebra - 1874 - 204 pages
...forfeit 25 cents for damage and board. At the end of the time a settlement was made and he received $25. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Ans. He worked 40 days, and was idle 20 days. 23. A boy engaged to carry 100 glass vessels to a certain... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1894 - 422 pages
...|+35 |=?. From which the answer is readily found. 7. A laborer was engaged for 20 days. For each daj that he worked, he received 50 cents and his boarding...days did he work, and how many days was he idle? Let . . . z= the number of days he worked ; Then, . . 20— x= " " " " was idle. Also, . . . 5Cte=r wages... | |
 | Oregon. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction - Education - 1891 - 332 pages
...for his labor and pays C0 cents a day for his board ; at the expiration of 40 days he had saved 950; how many days did he work and how many days was he idle? 9. A can cut a cord of wood in 5-6 of a day and B in 4-5 of a day; in what time can they togeiber cut... | |
 | Oregon. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction - Education - 1893 - 268 pages
...his labor and pays SO cents a day for his board; at the expiration of 40 days he has saved just $50; how many da'ys did he work, and how many days was he idle? 8. There are 50 pupils in a certain school, consisting of girls and boys, and there are 8 boys to 2... | |
 | Stewart B. Sabin, Charles D. Lowry - Algebra - 1894 - 138 pages
...that he worked. When he was idle, he paid $ 1 r day for board. At the end of 48 days he received f 42. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle? 4. One half of a gentleman's estate was left to his widow, one sixth to each of his two daughters,... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1897 - 422 pages
...and for every day he was absent he should forfeit $ 1. At the end of the time he received $ 28.50. How many days did he work, and how many days was he absent ? 37. A merchant has grain worth 5 shillings a bushel, and other grain worth 9 shillings a bushel.... | |
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