 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1875 - 318 pages
...grazier bought as many sheep as cost him £60, and after reserving fifteen out of the number, he sold the remainder for £54, and gained 2s. a head on those...which he paid £33 15s., which he sold again at £2 Ss. per piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him: how many pieces did he buy?... | |
 | James Cahill (of Dublin.) - Algebra - 1875 - 230 pages
...and z+8=:20 or — 12. Example 6. A draper bought a quantity of cloth for £33 15s., which he sold at £2 8s. per piece, and gained by the bargain as...as one piece cost him ; how many pieces did he buy ? Let z=:the number of pieces, then =price of 1 piece in shillings, and 48z=sellmg price of the whole,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1879 - 288 pages
...grazier bought as many sheep as cost him £60, and after reserving 1 5 out of the number, he sold the remainder for £54, and gained 2s. a head on those, he sold : how many did he buy ? Let x denote the number purchased : and . x — 15, the number sold ; then will denote the number... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1891 - 306 pages
...bought as many sheep as cost him £60 ; and, after reserving fifteen out of the number, he sold the remainder for £54, and gained 2s. a head on those he sold. How many did he buy ? Ans. 75. 10. A merchant bought cloth, for which he paid £33 15s., which he sold again at £2 8s. per piece,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1891 - 312 pages
...bought as many sheep as cost him £60 ; and, after reserving fifteen out of the number, he sold the remainder for £54, and gained 2s. a head on those he sold. How many did he buy ? Ans. 75. 10. A merchant bought cloth, for which he paid £33 15s., which he sold again at £2 8s. per piece,... | |
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A merchant bought cloth for which he paid £33 15s, which he sold again at £2 8s per piece, and gained by the bargain as much as one piece cost him : how many pieces did he buy 1 Ans. 
