 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...for the payment of the whole. Hence the following RULE. — Multiply each payment by the time before it is due, then divide the sum of the products by...sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required. NOTE 1. — This is the rule usuaHy adopted by merchants, but it is not perfectly... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - Arithmetic - 1849 - 260 pages
...the method of finding the mean time to pay at once 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 swm of the payments, and the quotient will* be the answ«r. EXAMPLES.. % . 1. A owes B $380, fo be... | |
 | Thomas Rainey - Arithmetic - 1849 - 334 pages
...Multiply the sum of each payment by its time. add the several payments: then, add their products ; and divide the sum of the products, by the sum of the payments. The several periods of time must be of the same denomination ; either days, months, or y tars, separately... | |
 | James Haddon - Arithmetic - 1849 - 144 pages
...payments, due at different times, should be paid at once. BULE. Multiply each payment by its time, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments. PARTNERSHIP. Partnership or Fellowship is a method of finding the shares in the profit or loss of several... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...for -^ of 152 months, which is 8 months, as before. Hence the propriety of the following RULE.* — Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due;...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,... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...---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 2 months, and $220... | |
 | Benjamin Naylor - 1850 - 334 pages
...illustration we infer the following RULE. Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time. 2. E owes G $2400, of which $480 are to be paid at 5 months, $960 at 8 months, and the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1850 - 412 pages
...payments.) Hence, to find the mean time, Multiply each payment by the time before it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments : the quotient will be the mean time. EXAMPLES. 1. B owes A $600: $200 is to be paid in two months,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...for the payment of the whole. Hence the following RULE. — Multiply each payment by the time before it is due, then divide the sum of the products by...sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required. NOTE 1. — This is the rule usually adopted by merchants, but it is not perfectly... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1851 - 280 pages
...sums, due at different periods. 244. RULE. Multiply each sum by the time before it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments. OBS. 1. This rule has "been considered by many as incorrect ; but it is as correct as any rule founded... | |
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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. 
