 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 as much as 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare ? Ans. 300.  Easy Introduction to Mathematics - Page 450by Charles Butler - 1814Full view - About this book
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1851 - 288 pages
...had, and after this found he had but 12s. remaining; what'had he at first? Ans, 20s. 31. A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to- the...are as much as 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare ? Ans. 300. 32. It is required to divide the number 90 into four... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 250 pages
...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 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 ? Let x be the... | |
 | G. Ainsworth - 1854 - 216 pages
...ages be as 4 : 5 ? 16. 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 as much as 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare ? VARIATION. When one quantity y depends upon another x, so that... | |
 | John Radford Young - 1857 - 324 pages
...be as the numbers s, d, and p, respectively. 2p 2p Ans. — —= and j s + ds — d 11. A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3 ; but 2 of the. grey hound's leaps are as much as 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the greyhound take to catch... | |
 | Barnard Smith - 1857 - 740 pages
...o 2i A whence a; = 36 hours; 2fi and -^ .30 = 26 x 12 = 312 miles travelled. o Ex. 16. A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3 leaps ; but 2 of the greyhound's = 3 of the hare's : how many leaps must the greyhound take to catch... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Algebra - 1859 - 368 pages
...Ij-, and to C's as 1 to 2 ; what are the respective shares ? Ans. $270 ; $360 ; $540. 11. A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to the...are as much as 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare ? Ans. 300. 12. A vintner has two casks of wine, the contents... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard, William Downs Henkle - Algebra - 1859 - 538 pages
...Ans. Ho must take | of the first, and J of the second. 83. A hare, 50 of her leaps before a greyhound, takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3 ; but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are as much as 8 of the hare's. How many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare? Ans. 300. 34. Two pieces... | |
 | James William Dodd - 1859 - 188 pages
...the hare makes in the same time ; and o 4X — +50 is the whole number of the hare's leaps. O Since 2 of the greyhound's leaps are as much as 3 of the hare's, each one of the greyhound's leaps will be equal to f of one of the hare's; and the whole number of... | |
 | Philip Kelland - 1860 - 308 pages
...wheat, which makes only -J- part more than had been sown ? How much had been sown ? 20. A hare is 54 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to the greyhound's 3 ; but 2 of the greyhound's are equal to 3 of the hare's. How many leaps must the greyhound take to reach the hare ? 25. We add... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1863 - 338 pages
...the revenue fell one 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,...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 ? 75. A general... | |
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