When the number of terms are odd, the middle term multiplred into itself will be equal to the two extremes, or any two means, equally distant from the mean : As 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, where 2X32=4X 16=8X8=64. Mercantile Arith - Page 131by Michael Walsh - 1831Full view - About this book
| Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1838 - 346 pages
...extremes, or any two means, equally distant from the mean : As 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, where 2X32=4X16=8X8=64. In Geometrical Progression the same five things are...The first term. 2. The last term. 3. The number of terma 4. The equal difference or ratio. NOTE. As the last term in a long series of numbers, is very... | |
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| Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 218 pages
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| Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
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| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1839 - 308 pages
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