 | Stephen Pike - Arithmetic - 1824 - 212 pages
...4 2)24 12 Answer. RULE FOR IN VERSE 'PROPORTION. Multiply the first and second terms totfether. ami divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the second, or that to which the second was reduced. EXAMPLE. lf 4 men can build a wall in 4 days,... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - Arithmetic - 1824 - 228 pages
...requiring less. | In wd. In Ig. In wd. In Ig. (.12 •• 12:: 3 •• 48 less requiring more. RULE. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third term ; the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. PKOOF. As in direct proportion : Thus: {Days.... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - Arithmetic - 1824 - 224 pages
...respectively less or greater than the second. Thus ; Dai, .. more requiring less. ess requiring more. RULE. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the thfrd term ; the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. ,"• PROOF. * As in direct proportion... | |
 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1826 - 214 pages
...the same ratio to the second, as the first has to the third. RULE. — State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct ; then multiply the first...the product by the third, the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. EXAMPLES. 1. If 6 men can do a piece of work in 18 days, in what time can 12... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...second that the first has to -the third. RULE. — State the questions in the rule of three direct. Multiply the first and second terms together, and...product by the third, the quotient will be the answer. .« EXAMPLE. — How many yards of sarcenet 3qs. wide, will line 9 yards of cloth 8qrs. wide? 8 : 9... | |
 | Daniel Parker - Arithmetic - 1828 - 358 pages
...required to obtain the answer. RULE. 1. State and reduce the terms as in the Rule.of Three Direct 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and...quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced to. If there is any remainder, multiply it by the next lower denomination,... | |
 | William Slocomb - 1828 - 160 pages
...first, and requires the fourth term to be greater than the second. RULE. j State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct; then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide their product by the third, and the quotient will be the answer, in the same denomination with the... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1830 - 286 pages
...requires the fourth term to he more than the second. RULE. State and reduce the terms as in the Rule nf Three Direct ; then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide their product by the third term ; the quotient will be the answer, in the same denomination with !ke... | |
 | Thomas Conkling (W.) - Arithmetic - 1831 - 302 pages
...thus, if 6 men require 8 days, how much time will 4 men require. RULE. State, and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct; then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide that J-'ct by the third; the quotient will be the answer in the same name or denomination that the... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1831 - 246 pages
...terms as in the Rule of Three Direct 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide tiie product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination ac the middle term was reduced into. EXAMPLES. l.If 12 men can build a wall in 20 days, how many men... | |
| |
Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. 
