 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1856 - 280 pages
...8 of the first class and 4 of the second. Prob. 37. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds. His head weighed as much as his tail and half his...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh ? Ans. 72 pounds. Prob. 38. If the sun moves every day one degree, and the... | |
 | Barnard Smith - 1857 - 740 pages
...the question or 2a? = 96; .'. x = 48 gallons. Ex. 10. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 Ibs. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his...body weighed as much as his head and tail together. Find the weight of the fish. Let 2x= weight of fish's body in Ibs. Then ~ +9, or a>+Q= weight of fish's... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1857 - 408 pages
...— 1 - - x = 126. Verification. or, - - - - 63 = 63. 4. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9lb. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body ; his body weighed as much as his head and tail together : what was the weight of the fish ? Let -... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1859 - 324 pages
...— 126. VERIFICATION. 1|? + 21 = 42 + 21 = 63 = ~ 6. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 Ibs., his head weighed as much as his tail and half his...tail together : what was the weight of the fish ? Let 2ж = the weight of the body, in pounds. Then, 0 + x .= weight of the head ; ind since the body weighed... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1860 - 412 pages
...fish was caught whose ta: Í weighed 9Й. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body ; his body weighed as much as his head and tail together : what* was the weight of the fish ? Let - - 2ж denote the weight of the body ; then - - 9 hx will denote weight of the head ; said since the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1860 - 412 pages
...— 1 - - x = 126. Verification. 126 126 . -gT~i -gj 4. A fish was caught whose ta.' 1 weighed 9/6. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body ; his body weighed as much as his head and tail together : what was the weight of the fish { Let -... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1861 - 322 pages
...lestroy their equality, we have x = 126. Verification. 6. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9$., his head weighed as much as his tail and half his...tail together ; what was the weight of the fish ? Let 2z = the weight of the body. Then, 9 + x = weight of the head ; and since the body weighed as much... | |
 | Ludovic (fict.name.) - 1867 - 202 pages
...like to pitch x, y, and z out of the alphabet.' ' A fish was caught whose tail weighed nine Ibs. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail, what did the fish weigh ? ' Ludovic read this aloud, looking over, and said, ' I assure you, John,... | |
 | William Rossiter - 1867 - 250 pages
...gallons. л 120 „ the brandy = -r 5=35 gallons. Example. The tail of a fish weighs 9 Ibs., his head as much as his tail and half his body, and his body as much as his head and his tail. What was his weight? We may take x to be either the weight of his... | |
 | Robert Wallace - 1870 - 164 pages
...*=21-1655995554508805. • MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS FOE PRACTICE. 1. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 91bs. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail ; what is the weight of the whole fish ? Ans. 721bs. 2. If A and B together can perform a piece of... | |
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A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9Z6. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together : what was the weight of the fish? 
