 | Charles William Hackley - Algebra - 1846 - 544 pages
...is its whole length? Ans. 24 feet. (24) There is a fish whoso tail weighs 9 pounds, his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail ; what is the whole weight of the fish ? Ans. 72 pounds. (25)... | |
 | John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1848 - 238 pages
...Problems in Simple Equations, presenting somewhat more of difficulty than those given under (41). Ex. 1. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 Ibs.; his head...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh ? It is sometimes convenient to take x to represent, not the quantity actually... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1848 - 302 pages
...destroy their equality. Verif cation. -1^421=42+21=63=^6. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9Z4., his head weighed as much as his tail and half his...tail together ; what was the weight of the fish ? Let 2x— the weight of the body. Then, 9 + a;= weight of the head; and since the body weighed as much... | |
 | Algebra - 1848 - 394 pages
...Verification. ^ + 21=42 + 21=^ = 63. о 2 4. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9й.; his head weighed »3 much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed...tail together : what was the weight of the fish? Let - - 2x = the weight of the body. Then - - 9 + x = weight of the head. And since the body weighed as... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1848 - 334 pages
...will they meet ? Ans. 6 days 13 J hours. 21. There is a fish whose tail weighs 9 Ib., his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail ; what is the whole weight of the fish ? Ans. 72 Ib. 22. It... | |
 | John William Colenso - Algebra - 1849 - 262 pages
...Problems in Simple Equations, presenting somewhat more of difficulty than those given under (41). Ex. 1. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 Ibs.; his head...and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh ? It is sometimes convenient to take x to represent, not the quantity actually... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1849 - 344 pages
...shillings = 20 shillings, is what he had at first. 4. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his...and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? Solution. Since the head of the fish is equal to J of the body, together with the tail, which equals... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1849 - 356 pages
...shillings = 20 shillings, is what he had at first. 4. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his Kead and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? Solution. Since the head of the fish is equal... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1850 - 356 pages
...shillings = 20 shillings, is what he had at first. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds , iis head weighed as much as his tail and half his body,...and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? Solution. Since the head of the fish is equal to i of the body, together with the tail, which equals... | |
 | 318 pages
...implore, thut thou liberate me.- F.II.R. QUESTIONS. 21. — A fish was caught whose tail weighed Dibs., 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? 22. — An equilateral triangle is inscribed in a circle whose side is 8 feet,... | |
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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? 
