 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...d, signifies that a bears the same proportion to b that с bears to d. = equal to. This sign means that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other ; ax — by = cd -j- ad, signifies that the quantity ax — by is equal to the quantity cd -\- ad.... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 216 pages
...'. d, signifies that a bears the same proportion to b that c bears to d. = equal to. This sign means that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other ; ax — by = cd -f- ad, signifies that the quantity ax — by is equal to the quantity cd -\- ad.... | |
 | William Savage - Documents, Printing of - 1841 - 836 pages
...ratios ; signifying that the quantities between which they are placed are proportional to each other. = equal to, the sign of equality ; signifying that the...between which it is placed are equal to each other. л/ the radical sign,- signifying that the quantity before which it is placed is to have some root... | |
 | 1837 - 800 pages
...which it is placed, are to be multiplied together ; as 2 x 3 equal to 6. = Siim, of equality, signifies that the quantities between which it is placed, are equal to each other, 2 + 3 = 5, *J Square root, ^/9=3. The square cube, &c. of a quantity, are expressed by figures placed... | |
 | Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1842 - 158 pages
...3 ; and is usually written thus f . = Equal to, the sign of equality, signifies that the numbers or quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other; thus 3 + 4=7 means that the number 3 added to the number 4 is equal to the number 7. ARITHMETIC. ARITHMETIC... | |
 | George Hutton (arithmetic master, King's coll. sch.) - 1844 - 276 pages
...Annuities . . . 244 Char. EXPLANATION OF SIGNS USED IN THIS WORK. = The sign of Equality, denoting that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. + Plus or more, the sign of Addition, denoting that the quantities between which it is placed are to... | |
 | John Budge - Mining engineering - 1845 - 250 pages
...are placed are proportional to each other. Thus, 2 : 3:: 4 : 6, denotes that 2 is to 3 as 4 is to 6. •=.equal to, the sign of equality; signifying that...which it is placed are equal to each other. Thus, 6+4 = 10, shews that 6 added to 4 is equal to 10. {_ Angle. ° Degrees. ' Minutes. A given line is... | |
 | Admiralty - 1845 - 152 pages
...different indices, as 4ox, 14о2?, — SoW, &c. 14. The sign = is the sign of equality, and signifies that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other, as 3 + 7=6+4. Also x+y=a— b, which expresses that the sum of x and у is equal to the difference... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin - Mathematics - 1846 - 500 pages
...several quantities, thus a + b + c, is in all respects equivalent to a bracket. 11. = Equals, signifies that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other : thus the symbolical sentence 2 + 3 = 5 expresses the fact that 2 and 3 added together make 5. 12. An algebraical... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 250 pages
...in the most clear and brief manner. ART. 19. The sign of equality, =, is read equal to. It denotes that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. Thus, o=3, denotes that the quantity represented by a is equal to 3. ART. 2O. The sign of addition, +, is... | |
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Q/~\—C = equal to, the sign of equality; signifying that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. Thus... 
