 | James Robinson - Arithmetic - 1850 - 342 pages
...Multiply the third term by the numerator, or second term, and divide the product by the denominator, or first term; the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer, in the same denomination as the third term. When the first and second terms are compound numbers, or when they are of different... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1850 - 278 pages
...FOURTH PROPORTIONAL to three given terms. 1. Multiply the second and third together, and divide the product by the first term ; the quotient will be the fourth term, in direct proportion. 2. An inverse fourth proportional may be found by interchanging the first and... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1852 - 202 pages
...reduce it to its lowest denomination: then, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term ; the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer, in the same denomination as the second, or that to which the second was reduced. EXAMPLE If 2 yards of muslin cost 4 shillings,... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1852 - 316 pages
...denomination in it, then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first, the quotient will be the fourth term or answer, in the same denomination with the third term. CONTRACTIONS OF THE RULE. 85. Reduce the fractional ratio of the first and second terms to its simplest... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1852 - 410 pages
...FOUKTH PROPORTIONAL to three given terms. \. Multiply the second and third together, and divide the product by the first term ; the quotient will be the fourth term, iu direct proportion. 2. An inverse fourth proportional may be found by interchanging the first and... | |
 | James B. Dodd - 1853 - 398 pages
...FOURTH PROPORTIONAL to three given terms. 1. Multiply the second and third together, and divide the product by the first term ; the quotient will be the fourth term, in direct proportion. 2. An inverse fourth proportional may be found by interchanging the first and... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - Arithmetic - 1854 - 192 pages
...inverse, multiply the first and second terms together, and divide by the remaining term, and the product will be the fourth term, or answer, in the same denomination with that to which the second term was reduced, which must be brought to that denomination in which the... | |
 | Andrew Ferguson - 1856 - 230 pages
...does to the first. Rule. — Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide by the first : the quotient will be the fourth term or answer, in the same name as the second term. Ry the gain or toss per cent. is meant, the sum that would be gained or lost... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...? 3. Multiply the product of the second terms ty the third, and divide the result by the product of the first term. The quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. NOTE. — The following questions should be performed not only by the rule, but by an analysis and... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1859 - 368 pages
...Fourth Proportional to three given Terms. 1. Multiply the second and third together, and divide the product by the first term ; the quotient will be the fourth term. 2. The first and second terms must be taken in the same order of units (136). 3. When the third term... | |
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Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term ; the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer, in the same denomination with the third term. 
