 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1878 - 516 pages
...such that, when each is diminished by 5, they shall be in the ratio of 1} to 1. Numbers,^ and 20. 14 There are two numbers, which are to each other, as...between them. What are the numbers ? Ans., 32 and 18. [NoTE. — The following examples may be solved by converting the proportion into an equation, at whatever... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1881 - 504 pages
...such that when each is diminished by 5, they shall be in the ratio of Ц to 1. Numbers, 25 and 20. 14. There are two numbers which are to each other as 16...between them. What are the numbers ? Ans., 32 and 18. [Note. — The following examples may be solved by converting the proportion into an equation, at whatever... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1881 - 360 pages
...many acres did he sell, and at what price per acre? 40 124. Given i/z5 = = 3x, to find x. l/'x 125. The sum of two numbers is to their difference as 4 to 1, and the sum of their cubes is 152. What are the numbers ? 126. A and B set out from two towns which were 204 miles apart,... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1892 - 370 pages
...many acres did he sell, and at what price per acre ? 124. Given Va? — — = 3ж, to find x. VB 125. The sum of two numbers is to their difference as 4 to 1, and the sum of their cubes is 152. What are the numbers ? 126. A and B set out from two towns which were 204 miles apart,... | |
 | Michigan. Department of Public Instruction - Education - 1902 - 330 pages
...progression their reciprocals are in arithmetical progression. 7. { ïyl**li:" } to find x and УS. The sum of two numbers is to their difference as 4 to 1, and the sum of their cubes is 162. What are the numbers? !). Three numbers whose sum is 16 are in arithmetical progression;... | |
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There are two numbers, which are to each other, as 16' to 9, and 24 is a mean proportional between them. What are the numbers ? Ans. 32 and 18. 13. The sum of two numbers is to their difference as 4 to 1, and the sum of their squares is to the greater... 
