 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 266 pages
...and it must gain 12 spaces to coincide with it. Ana. 1 h. 5 m. 27 'fa s. 84. There is an island 20 miles in circumference, and three men start together to travel the same way about it ; A goes 2 miles per hour, B 4 miles per hour, and C 6 miles per hour ; in what time will they come together... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1829 - 196 pages
...There is an island 50 miles in circumference, and three men star' together to travel the same way ahout it ; A goes 7 miles per day, B 8. and C 9 : when will they all come together again 7 Ans. in 50 days. 63. Suppose a man 6 feet high to travel round the glohe ; how much larger wm the... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1829 - 266 pages
...island 40 miles in circumference, and three men start together to travel round it: A goes 7 miles a day, B 8, and C 9. When will they all come together? Ans. In 40 days; and A will travel 280 miles, B 320 miles, and C 360 miles. 52. What number is that,... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1830 - 294 pages
...hour; and it must gain 12 spaces to coincide with it. Ans. 1 h. 5 m. 27^ s. 84. There is an island 20 miles in circumference, and three- men start together to travel the same way about it ; A goes 2 miles per hour, B 4 miles per hour, and C 6 miles per hour ; in what time will they come together... | |
 | Dudley Leavitt - Mathematics - 1830 - 154 pages
...required, h. mil. sec. And as 1 : 1& : : 97 J : 2,288 feet distance. 66. " There is an island fifty miles in circumference, and three men start together to travel the same way about it," &c. Solution. 50x7+50X8+59x9=1200, the dividend. And 7+8+9=24, the divisor. Then 1200-^24= 50 days,... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1830 - 268 pages
...coincide with it. Ans. 1 h. 5 m. 27^- s. 84. There is an island 20 miles in circumference, and ttree men start together to travel the same way about it ; A goes 2 miles per hour, 13 4 miles per hour, and C 6 miles per hour ; in what time will they come together... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1831 - 276 pages
...and it must gain 12 spaces to coincide with it. Ans. 1 h. 5 m. 27 i3f s. 84. There is an island 20 miles in circumference, and three men start together to travel the same way about it ; A goes 2 miles per hour, B 4 miles per hour, and C 6 miles per hour ; in what time will they come together... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1831 - 276 pages
...; and it must gain 12 •paces to coincide with it. Ans. 1 h. 5 m. 27^ s. 84. There is an island 20 miles in circumference, and three men start together to travel the same way about it ; A goes 2 miles per hour, B 4 miles per hour, and C 6 miles per hour ; in what time will they come together... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Arithmetic - 1832 - 544 pages
...; How many had he ? 2X0X4X5X6=720, and 720+l-*-7=103 even. Ans. 721. 31 There is an island 50 milos in circumference, and three men start together to travel the same way about it ; A goos 7 miles per day, B «, and C 9 : When will they all come together again, and how far will each... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - Arithmetic - 1832 - 294 pages
...Ans. n, H, W30. There is an island 50 miles in circumference, and 3 men start together to travel round it ; A goes 7 miles per day, B 8, and C 9 : when will they come together again, and how far will each travel ? , ( They will meet again in 50 days. Ans' \ A goes... | |
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There is an island 20 miles in circumference, and three men start together to travel the same way about it... 
