Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend. Elements of Geometry - Page 44by Adrien Marie Legendre - 1825 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Bryce - Algebra - 1837 - 322 pages
...to both, so that its highest power may stand first, its next highest power second, and so on ; 3° divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor; the quantity found is the first term of the quotient; 4° multiply this term into the divisor, and,... | |
| Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1838 - 282 pages
...compound numbers. > v, •Arrange the dividend and divisor according to the powers of some letter. Dimde the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result in the quotient. Multiply all the terms of the divisor by the term of the quotient thus found, and subtract... | |
| Thomas Grainger Hall - 1840 - 266 pages
...and dividend according to the powers of the same letter, beginning with the highest power in each. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and set down the quotient by itself: multiply every term of the divisor by this quotient, and subtract... | |
| Thomas Sherwin - Algebra - 1841 - 314 pages
...exact second power, and, therefore, does not admit of an exact root. Remark 2. In dividing we merely divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor; and, since double the first, the first two, the first three, &c. terms of the root, will have the first... | |
| Ebenezer Bailey - Algebra - 1841 - 262 pages
...general RULE for Division in Algebra, when both the divisor qnd dividend are compound quantities : Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, for the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by this term, and subtract the product... | |
| Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1844 - 280 pages
...division of compound numbers. •Arrange the dividend and divisor according to the powers of some letter. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result in the quotient. Multiply all the terms of the divisor by the term of the quotient thus found, and subtract... | |
| Alexander Ingram - 1844 - 262 pages
...compound, arrange the terms of the dividend and divisor according to the powers of the same letter. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor to obtain the first term of the quotient, then multiply the whole divisor by this term, and subtract... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1844 - 266 pages
...compound quantities, arrange the terms according to Jlft. 106. To obtain the first term in the quotient, divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor. Multiply the whole divisor by the term placed in the quotient; subtract the product from the dividend... | |
| Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1844 - 394 pages
...reference to the power of some letter, so that its exponents shall diminish from left to right. 2. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor ; the result is the first term of the quotient. 3. Multiply the whole divisor ly this term, and subtract... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1845 - 444 pages
...division in arithmetic, arranging both dividend and divisor according to the powers of the same letter. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and put the result with its proper sign for the first term of the quotient. Multiply the terms of the divisor... | |
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