 | Thomas Keith - 1839 - 498 pages
...426, -5, '004, -275, and 336, Answer 29-128. PROPOSITION VIII. (12) To divide one number by another.* Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm...the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. If any of the indices be negative, or if the divisor be greater than the dividend, change the index... | |
 | Abraham Crocker - 1841 - 486 pages
...1-748188, which answers in the table to 56. DIVISION, by means of logarithms, is performed by subtracting the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of...the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. Divide 56 by 4. Logarithm of 56 = 1-748188 - - - of 4 = 0-602060 1-146128, answering to the natural... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1844 - 394 pages
...=3.6697928 ; Logarithm 0 03275 =2.5152113 ; Product, 153,1102, &c. . 2.3850041. II. To divide by logarithms, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm...the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLES, 1. Divide 72 by 24, by logarithms. Logarithm 72 = 1.85733250 ; Logarithm 24 =1.38021124;... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Algebra - 1846 - 374 pages
...=3.6697928; Logarithm 0.03275 =2.5152113; Product, 153,1102, &c. . 2.3850041. II. To divide by logarithms, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm...the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLES. 1. Divide 72 by 24, by logarithms. Logarithm 72 =1.85733250; Logarithm 24 = 1.38021124 ;... | |
 | Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1848 - 572 pages
...LOGARITHMS. and the sura will be the logarithm of their product ; or, to divide one number by another, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm...the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient of the two numbers. Ex. — Multiply 80 x 43 x 72-64; and divide the product of (T143 x 6278) by 314-5.... | |
 | John Radford Young - Geometry, Solid - 1848 - 384 pages
...1-2689564. PROBLEM V. To divide one number by another. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from that of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLE I. Divide 28-654 by 127-34. log. 28-654 . . 1-4571853 127-34 . . 2-1049648 Quotient -2250197... | |
 | Henry Law - Logarithms - 1853 - 84 pages
...= 1-785330 „ 22 = 1-34*4*3 „ 65 = 1-812913 DIVISION. RULE. — To divide one number by another, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend., and the remainder mill be the logarithm of the quotient (Prop. N). EXAMPLES. Divide 1 1 64 by 4. Logarithm of 1164 =... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Algebra - 1859 - 368 pages
...and find the natural number corresponding to the sum (308). (327.) To Divide one Number by another. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and find the natural number corresponding to the difference (309). (328). To raise any Power of a Number.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 518 pages
...Multiply 3.26 by .0085. Ans. .02771. 3. Multiply 6651 by 108. Ans. 718308. DIVISION BT LOGARITHMS. 33. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the difference will be the logarithm of their quotient (Art. 10). Or, Add the arithmetical complement of... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 532 pages
...Multiply 3.26 by .0085. Ans. .02771. 3. Multiply 6651 by 108. Ans. 71830& DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. 33. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the difference will be the logarithm of their quotient (Art. 10). Or, Add the arithmetical complement of... | |
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To Divide One Number by Another, Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and obtain the antilogarithm of the difference. 
