 | Joseph Ficklin - Algebra - 1874 - 446 pages
...2d, 500 feet. 40. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for GO days, at a daily allowance of a pound a head ; after being at sea 20 days she encounters...delay of 24 days, and it is found that each man's daily allowance must be reduced to five-sevenths of a pound. Find the original number of the crew.... | |
 | 1877 - 188 pages
...rate of interest? 4. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, -at a daily allowance of 1 fb. a head ; after being at sea 20 days she encounters a storm, in which б men are washed overboard, and damage sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, and it is found... | |
 | London univ, exam. papers - 1878 - 164 pages
...interest ? 4. A ship sails with a supply of biscuits for 60 days at a daily allowance of i Ib. per head ; after being at sea 20 days she encounters a...and it is found that each man's allowance must be reckoned to ^ths of a pound. Find the original number of the crew. ab va + b express (i) X+ Y, (2)... | |
 | James Mackean - 1881 - 510 pages
...y, and z. (81.) A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of a pound a head. After being at sea 20 days, she encounters...delay of 24 days ; and it is found that each man's daily allowance must be reduced to five-sevenths of a pound. Find the original number of the crew.... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Algebra - 1888 - 868 pages
...A, 4 from B. 93. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of a pound a head ; after being at sea 20 days she encounters...found that each man's allowance must be reduced to five-sevenths of a pound. Find the original number of the crew. Ans. 40. CHAPTER X. SIMULTANEOUS SIMPLE... | |
 | James Harrington Boyd - Algebra - 1901 - 812 pages
...being at sea twenty days she encounters a storm in which 5 men are washed overboard, and damage is done that will cause a delay of 24 days ; and it is found that each man's daily allowance must be reduced to five sevenths of a pound. Find the original number of the crew.... | |
 | James Harrington Boyd - Algebra - 1901 - 818 pages
...of biscuit sufficient for 60 days at a daily allowance of a pound a head. After being at sea twenty days she encounters a storm in which 5 men are washed overboard, and damage is done that will cause a delay of 24 days; and it is found that each man's daily allowance must be... | |
 | British and foreign school society - 1848 - 402 pages
...the true value. VI. A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of 1 Ib. a head; after being at sea 20 days, she encounters...found that each man's allowance must be reduced to - Ib. ; find the original number of the crew. Let z = the original number of the crew; then r— 5=... | |
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A ship sails with a supply of biscuit for 60 days, at a daily allowance of a pound a head ; after being at sea 20 days she encounters a storm in which 5 men are washed overboard, and damage sustained that will cause a delay of 24 days, and it is found... 
