 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...75-r-15=5 months, the answer. Hence the RULE. Multiply each payment by the time when it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the time required. 2. A merchant has owing him $420, to be paid as follows : $100 in 8 months, $100 in... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1838 - 276 pages
...-J-,day», Answer. Hence, To find the mean time for several payments, — RULE • — Multiply each sura by its time of payment, and divide the sum of the products by the sura of the payments, and the quotient will be the answer. Note. Thfs rule is founded on the supposition,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
...the whole ? OPERATION. We here multiply each sum 200 x 2 = 400 by the time at which it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments. 200x4= 800 200x6 = 1200 600 )24|00 Ans. 4 months. . 3. A merchant owes $600, of which $100 is to be... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...several debts, due at different times. RULE. Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due, then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the answer. • . . EXAMPLES. 1. A owes B $380, to be paid $100 in 6 months, $120 in 7 months, and $160 in 10 months... | |
 | Jason M. Mahan - Arithmetic - 1839 - 312 pages
...will be the true equated time. RULE 2. Multiply each several payment by the time it has to run : then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the equated time, nearly. Examples. IA owes B. S1800, whereof S200 is to. be... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1840 - 278 pages
...several payments, — RULE • — Multiply each sum by its time of payment, and divide the s\nn of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the answer. •Vote. This rule is founded on the supposition, that what is gained by keeping a debt a certain time... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 316 pages
...following rule : RULE. — Multiply each payment by the time which must elapse before it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments. 2. A. owes me $50, payable in 4 months ; $100, payable in 10 months ; and $150, payable in 16 months.... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...75-rl5=5 months, the answer. Hence the . RULE. Multiply each payment by the time when it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the time required. 2. A merchant has owing him $420, to be paid as follows : $100 in 8 months, $100 in... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...the propriety of the following RULE. * Multiply each payment by the time, at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required. 2. A owes B $300, of which $50 is to be paid in 2 months, §100 in 5 months, and... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1842 - 184 pages
...days, as before. Hence the following RULE. Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due, then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required. 2. John Smith owes a merchant, in Boston, $ 1000, $250 of which is to be paid in... | |
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RULE.* — Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required. 
