 | William Vogdes - Arithmetic - 1847 - 324 pages
...every day he wrought, and forfeit 10' cents for every day he was idle; at settlement he received $5 : how many days did he work and how many was he idle ? 9. The head of a fish is 9 inches long, and its tail is as long as its head and half its body, and... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - Arithmetic - 1849 - 260 pages
...every day he was idle he should pay $ ,30 ; and at the expiration of the time he received. $3 1,80. How many days did he work and how many was he idle ? Ans. he worked 48 days, and was idle 22. 8. A farmer having driven his cattle to market received for them... | |
 | Uriah Parke - Arithmetic - 1849 - 414 pages
...and to pay 25 cents board for every day he was idle. On settlement at the end of 60 days he received How many days did he work, and how many was he idle? By Position — Suppose he wrought 40 days, then 40x.75=$30.00 He was idle then 20 days at .25= 5.00... | |
 | Uriah Parke - Arithmetic - 1850 - 402 pages
...pay 25 cents board for every day he was idle. On settlement at the end of 60 days he received $30. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle? As 8 (sixtieths) : 60 (sixtieths) : : 16 trees : 120 trees. By Position— Suppose he wrought 40 days,... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1851 - 288 pages
...day he was absent he should forfeit 8d.: now, at the end of the time he had to receive 1Z. Us. 8d.: how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Let the number of days that he worked be denoted by x. Then will 40 — x be the number of days he... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - Arithmetic - 1854 - 192 pages
...what is their income, and what does each spend per annum ? Ans. < A. spends 400. C Their income, $600. feit 50 cents: at the expiration of the time he received...and how many was he idle? Ans. worked 35, idle 15 days. 4. A farmer having driven his cattle to market, received for them all 320 dollars; being paid... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1855 - 356 pages
...day he works, and pays q pence for every day he is idle. At the end of the time he receives a pence. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle? Ans. He worked -i- — , and was idle — days. p+q p+q Ex. 35. The fore wheel of a carriage makes three... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1855 - 370 pages
...that he was idle he was to forfeit 12 shillings. At the end of the time he received 504 shillings. How many days did he work and how many was he idle ? To verify the numbers required in this problem we should multiply them, if known, by 24 and 12 respectively... | |
 | Archibald Montgomerie - Algebra - 1857 - 116 pages
...day he works, and pays q pence for every day he is idle. At the end of the time he receives a pence ; how many days did he work, and how many was he idle? Ans. He worked "?+a, and was idle "p~" days. p + í' (58.) At a certain election a persons voted, and the... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1858 - 394 pages
...day he works, and pays q pence for every day he is idle. At the end of the time he receives a pence. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Ans. He worked — , and was idle — days. p + qp + q Prob. 24. A merchant has two casks, each containing... | |
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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... 
