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" In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes. "
The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic: Designed for ... - Page 73
by Zadock Thompson - 1832 - 168 pages
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The Teacher's Manual: Being an Exposition of an Efficient and Economical ...

Thomas H. Palmer - Education - 1840 - 328 pages
...whatever. Now, as these equal products are those of the extremes and means, we thus have the rule of proportion : The product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes. [Let this be demonstrated, a few times, on the blackboard, till it has become familiar. It will be...
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A new treatise on mechanics, by the author of A new introduction to the ...

Joseph Denison - Mechanics - 1841 - 210 pages
...by one of the inclined sides ; that is, P = — S TT By theorem 1, P ; R ; ; — ; S ; and because the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes, PS=R|; and dividing each of these equals by S, K! From theorem 2 we derive the following rule for finding...
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A new treatise on mechanics, by the author of A new introduction to the ...

Joseph Denison - Mechanics - 1841 - 210 pages
...= —•; one value of V. Solution 2.—By the third expression, v \ V ; ; - ; —. * i And because the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes, and dividing by -, V = (4) "OT ; second value of V, by the third expression (which is here used for...
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra: For the Use of Students in High Schools ...

Thomas Sherwin - Algebra - 1842 - 326 pages
...denominators 5 and d, we have ad = b c. But a and d are the extremes, and 6 and c the means. Hence, In any proportion the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes. 2. Suppose we have ad = bc. Dividing both members by 6 and d, we have r = -, or a : b = c : d. Hence,...
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The practical arithmetic

John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 pages
...the second T8T, and they are equal ; that is 4 : 6 :zz 8 : 12, Therefore £ = TV Whence 4x12:=eX8. In Proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes; therefore 4 : 6 :: 8 : 12. In this proportion the 4 and 12 are the extremes, and the 6 and 8 the means....
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Elements of Plane Geometry: For the Use of Schools

Nicholas Tillinghast - Geometry, Plane - 1844 - 110 pages
...all these products thus, (6+3+10). 4. (Explanation of Signs, 6). Prop. 1. When four numbers are in proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes ; as, 6:4:: 15 : 10, hence 10.6=15.4. Prop. 2. If the product of two numbers is equal to the product...
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Elements of Arithmetic: For Schools and Academies. In which Decimal and ...

Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1844 - 246 pages
...consequents may, therefore, change places in a variety of ways, the proportion always continuing so long as the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes. Then, whenever one of the extremes and the two means are given, to find the other extreme, Divide the...
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The Elements of Arithmetic ... in which Decimal and Integral Arithmetic are ...

Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 258 pages
...consequents may, therefore, change places in a variety of ways, the proportion always continuing so long as the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes. Then, whenever one of the extremes and the two means are given, to find the other extreme, Divide the...
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The Economy of the Animal Kingdom, Considered Anatomically ..., Volume 1

Emanuel Swedenborg - Physiology - 1845 - 602 pages
...that the rectangle of the means is equal to the rectangle of the extremes ; or as in arithmetic, that the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes. Hence, the action of the second and third being equal to the action of the first and fourth, we have...
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The American Statistical Arithmetic: Designed for Academies and Schools

Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 710 pages
...fourth by multiplying the second and third terms together, and dividing by the first. For, by Art. 178, the product of the means is equal to the product of the first term by Ihe fourth. The fourth term must therefore be equal to the product of the means divided...
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