 | James Ryan, Robert Adrain - Algebra - 1835 - 388 pages
...and r"=2500 ; .-. x= ± 50. .-. A's money was 50/., and B's money was one month in trade. PROB. 8. A detachment from an army was marching in regular...and by this movement the detachment was drawn up in five lines. Required the number of men. Let x=* the number in front ; .-. x-\-5= the number in depth,... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1836 - 286 pages
...27 4 Ans. 27 yards, at 12s. per yard. 2. A detachment of an army was marching in regular со* lumn, with 5 men more in depth than in front ; but upon...was drawn up in 5 lines. Required the number of men. Let a. — the number in front j then x -)- o = the number in depth ; x* -f- 5 ,r = the whole nu u!>er... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1837 - 288 pages
...rnen more in depth than in front ; bDt upon the enemy coming in sight, the front was increased by 84 5 men ; and by this movement the detachment was drawn up in 5 lines. Required the number of men. 13 Let x = the number in front ; then x -f- 5 = the number in depth ; cc* -f- 5 x = the whole nu uber... | |
 | Miles Bland - Algebra - 1841 - 456 pages
...the enemy coming in " sight the front was increased till it became = 845 — the " original front ; and by this movement the detachment was " drawn up in 5 lines. Required the number of men ;" from the solution of this problem the number is found to be 3уоо, answering to the number which... | |
 | Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pages
...the sum of its digits, and the quotient increased by 17, the digits are inverted. (9) A detachment was marching in regular column with 5 men more in...was drawn up in 5 lines. Required the number of men. Ans. 4550. (10) What two numbers are those, the difference of which multiplied by the greater produces... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1844 - 280 pages
...^- = 324 shillings. «' = 144 x = 12 li= 27. 4 Ans. 27 yards, at 12s. per yard. 2. A detachment of an army was marching in regular column, with 5 men...was drawn up in 5 lines. Required the number of men. Let x = the number in front ; then x + 5 = the number in depth ; x1 -f- 5 x = the whole number of men.... | |
 | Charles William Hackley - Algebra - 1846 - 544 pages
...of 4 to 5, and the difference of whose squares is 81. What are the numbers ? Ans. ±12 and ±15. (3) A detachment from an army was marching in regular...and by this movement the detachment was drawn up in five lines. Required the number of men ? Ans. 4550. (4) Two workmen, A and B, were engaged to work... | |
 | Charles William Hackley - Algebra - 1846 - 542 pages
...of 4 to 5, and the difference of whose squares is 81. What are the numbers? Ans. ±12 and ±15. (3) A detachment from an army was marching in regular...front was increased by 845 men, and by this movement thp detachment was drawn up in five lines. Required the number of men ? Ans. 4550. those days, had... | |
 | James Wharton - 1848 - 164 pages
...b, it is required to express the two numbers in terms of a, 6. Ans. /." + b, / "~6 V 2 V 2 ' (40. ) A detachment from an army was marching in regular...drawn up in 5 lines : required the number of men. Ans. 4550. (41.) A number consisting of two digits, being multiplied by the digit on the left hand,... | |
 | John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1848 - 238 pages
...detachment from an army was marching in regular column, with 5 men more in depth than in front; but on the enemy coming in sight, the front was increased by 845 men, and the whole was thus drawn up in 5 lines : find the number of men. 8. What number is that, the sum of... | |
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A detachment of an army was marching in regular column, with 5 men more in depth than in front ; but upon the enemy coming in sight, the front was increased by 845 men ; and by this movement the detachment was drawn up in 5 lines. Required the number... 
