 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1817 - 252 pages
...for every day he was idle should forfeit 2s.; at the expiration of the time he received 11. 10s. ; how many days •did he work, and how many was he idle ? j4ns. He wrought 45 days, and icas idle 15 days. 5. What number is that which being increased by... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1818 - 246 pages
...for every day he was idle, should forfeit 2s. : at the expiration of tlve time he received 71. 10s. ; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Jlns. He icroHgkt45 days, and was idle 15 days. 5. What number is that which being increased by its... | |
 | George G. Carey - Arithmetic - 1818 - 602 pages
...worked, and forfeit 1 Oil for every day he remained idle ; at last he received 500(1. for his labour; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? 11. If 35 ells, at Vienna, make 24 at Lyons, and 3 ells at Lyons make 5 ells at Antwerp, and 100... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1818 - 326 pages
...he was absent he should forfeit 8d., : now at the end of the time, he had to receive M. 11s. 8rf. ; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Let the number of days that he worke'd be denoted by x, Then will 40--. r be the number of days he... | |
 | Leonard Pierce - Arithmetic - 1823 - 170 pages
...every day he was idle he should forfeit 37£ cents; at the expiration of the time he received $18; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Ans. He wrought 36 days, and was idle 24. Questions. What is position ? What is single position ? What is... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1825 - 336 pages
...was absent he should forfeit 3d., : now at the end of the time, he had to receive 1Z. I Is. £d. ; how many days did he work and how many was he idle? Let the number of days that he worked be denoted by •r, Then will 40 — x be the number of days... | |
 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1826 - 214 pages
...for every day he was idle, should forfeit 37 Jr.. ; at the expiration of the time he received $18 : How many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Ans. He was employed 36 days, and was idle 24. 3. There is a fish, whose head is 10 feet long ; his tail... | |
 | Daniel Parker - Arithmetic - 1828 - 358 pages
...every day he was idle, he should forfeit 30 cents. At the expiration of the time he received $41 ; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Ans. He laboured 50 days, and was idle 30 days. 6. A gentleman had 2 valuable horses and à carriage, worth... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 286 pages
...every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Had he worked every day, his wages would have been $ '75 X 50 = $ 37'50, that is, $ 10 more than... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1829 - 196 pages
...every day he was idle, he should forfeit S .25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received S27.50 ; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle? Ans. he worked 40 days, and was idle 10. By analysis. Had he worked the whole time, his wages would evidently... | |
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A man was hired 50 days on these conditions. — that, for every day he worked, he should receive $ '75, and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work... 
