 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1866 - 250 pages
...therefore, All the quantities in Loth members of an equation must \>e of the same denomination. 13. A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4...greyhound's 3 ; but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare ? Let X be the... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1866 - 252 pages
...therefore, All the quantities in both members of an equation must be of the same denomination. 13. A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4...greyhound's 3 ; but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare ? Let X be the... | |
 | Euclid - Geometry - 1872 - 284 pages
...shall have his actual age. Ans...The child was 9 years old. 7. — A hare is 50 leaps in advance of a grey-hound, and takes 4 leaps to the grey-hound's 3 ; but 2 of the dog's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's. We demand how many leaps must the grey-hound take, to catch... | |
 | James Cahill (of Dublin.) - Algebra - 1875 - 230 pages
...(z+l)2— 11=z2+6 That is, 2z=16 .'. z=8. Hence z2 + 6=64+6=70=mimber of marbles. Example 8. A hare ¡s 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3, but 2 of the hound's aro as long ¡is У of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1876 - 332 pages
...third ; what was the duty on a pound after the reduction ? Ans. 2| cents. 74. A hare is 50 of her own leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3, but 2 of tho greyhound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take to catch... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1877 - 466 pages
...privateer overtake the merchantman ? Ans., At 5. 30 PM 22. A hare, 50 of her leaps before a greyhound, takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3; but 2 of the greyhound's...hare's. How many leaps must the greyhound take to overtake the hare ? Suo. Let 3i = the number of the hound's leaps, whence 4z = " " " hare's " in the... | |
 | Daniel O'Sullivan - 1877 - 194 pages
...can do a piece of work in ю and 15 days, respectively : in what time can both, together, do it ? (7) A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4...greyhound's 3 ; but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are equal in length to 3 of the hare's : how many leaps must the greyhound take, to catch the hare ? (8)... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1878 - 516 pages
...privateer overtake the merchantman ? Ans., At 5. 30 PM 22. A hare, 50 of her leaps before a greyhound, takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3; but 2 of the greyhound's...hare's. How many leaps must the greyhound take to overtake the hare? Suo. Let 3x = the number of the hound's leaps, whence 4x = " " " hare's " in the... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1878 - 322 pages
...number is that, if multiplied by m and n separately, the difference of their products shall be d ? 51. A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to the hound's 3 leaps ; but 2 of the greyhound's equal 3 of the hare's leaps. How many leaps must the hound... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1881 - 504 pages
...privateer overtake the merchantman ? Ans., At 5.30 PM 22. A hare, 50 of her leaps before a greyhound, takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3 ; but 2 of the...hare's. How many leaps must the greyhound take to overtake the hare ? Suggestion. Let 3« = the number of the hound's leaps, whence 4z = " " " hare's... | |
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A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3 ; but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take, to catch the hare? 
