 | James Bates Thomson - 1899 - 344 pages
...less, place the smaller for the second term, and the other for the first. III. Multiply the second anil third terms together, and divide the product by the...; the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. NOTES. — 1. The factors common to the first and second, or to the first and third terms, should be... | |
 | Eugene L. Dubbs - Arithmetic - 1901 - 462 pages
...for the second term, and the greater for the first. 3. Multiply together the second and third terms, and divide the product by the first. The quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 1. If a man can plow 15 acres in 4 days, how many acres can he plow in 10 days ? 2. If 12 tons of coal... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Steam engineering - 1901 - 354 pages
...les the two remaining numbers for the second term, and tin. greater for the Arst; and in either case multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer., which will always be of the same denomination as the third term. NOTE. If the first... | |
 | Theodore Lucas, Frank Duncan Graham, Nehemiah Hawkins - Marine engineering - 1918 - 940 pages
...of the two remaining numbers for the second term and the greater for the first ; and in either case multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term. EXAMPLE. If 40 tons... | |
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Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 
