| Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1873 - 396 pages
...by Logarithms. — According to Art. 397, to find the quotient of two numbers we have the following RULE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of (the divisor ; the difference will be the logariOim of the quotient. The word difference is here to be understood in its... | |
| Richard Spelman Culley - Cables, Submarine - 1874 - 558 pages
...Multiply 25 by 36. Log. 25 = 1-39794 , 36 = 1-55630 2-95424 = log. 900. Division by logarithms. — From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. Example : — Divide 900 by 36. Log. 900 = 2-95424 „ 36 =... | |
| William Frothingham Bradbury - 1875 - 280 pages
...Find the product of —14, —7.643, and —0.004. Ang. —.428. DIVISION BY LOGAKITHMS. RULE. 250. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient (Art. 54). 1. Divide 78.46 by 0.00147. 78.46... | |
| Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1877 - 458 pages
...of the logarithms of those numbers. Hence, for division by logarithms, we have the following RCXE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor ; the difference will be the logarithm of the quotient. Ex. 1. Required the quotient of 888.7 divided'by... | |
| William Frothingham Bradbury - Algebra - 1877 - 280 pages
...Find the product of — 14, — 7.643, and —0.004. Ans. —.428. DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. BULE. 250. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient (Art. 54). 1. Divide 78.46 by 0.00147. 78.46... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1878 - 322 pages
...— The log. of 120 — 2.07918 •' " " 15 =r 1.17609 " " " quotient = 0.90309. ATM. 8. Hence, the RULE. — From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor ; the difference will be the logarithm of the quotient. (Art. 453, Prin. 2.) NOTKR — i. When either of... | |
| Nautical astronomy - 1880 - 880 pages
...I».1-1« than the oilier 10, is evidently the index ol° the logarithm of a fraction let« than unity. DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. From the logarithm of...subtract the logarithm of the divisor the remainder will he the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLE I. Divide 875 by 25. 875 Log. 2.94201 25 Log. 1.39794... | |
| James Bates Thomson, Elihu Thayer Quimby - Algebra - 1880 - 360 pages
...is the product of — i.465 by — i.347 ? 4. What is the product of .074 by —i500? 459. To Divide by Logarithms. RULE. — From the logarithm of the...dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor ; the difference will be the logarithm of the quotient. (Art. 457, 2°.) NOTE. — If either or both characteristics... | |
| Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1881 - 398 pages
...by Logarithms. — According to Art. 397, to find the quotient of two numbers we have the following RULE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor ; Hie difference will be the logarithm of the quotient. The word difference is here to be understood... | |
| Henry S. Merrett - Surveying - 1885 - 444 pages
...the 2 to carry cancels the —2, and there remains — 1 to set down. DIVISION OF LOGARITHMS. Rude. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, and the number answering to the LAND AND ENGINEERING SURVEYING remainder will be the quotient required... | |
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