 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1851 - 280 pages
...exactly together ? 63. If 12 oxen will eat 3£ acres of grass in 4 weeks, and 21 oxen will eat 10 acres in 9 weeks, how many oxen will eat,, 24 acres in 18 weeks, the grass being supposed to grow at an uniform rate during the time ? 64. Two trees on a horizontal plane are 120 feet... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 384 pages
...acres of grass in 2 weeks, and 24 oxen eat 14 J acres in 5 weeks, how many oxen will eat 48 acres in 8 weeks, the grass being at first equal on every acre, and growing uniformly ? Ans. 60 oxen. 87. If 11 oxen eat 24$ acres of grass in 5 weeks, and 10 oxen eat 26| acres in 4 weeks,... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1852 - 410 pages
...acres of .grass in 4 weeks, and 21 oxen eat 10 acres in 9 weeks, how many oxen would eat 24 acres in }8 weeks, — the grass being at first equal on every acre, and growing uniformly ? This question may be readily solved after having determined the ratio of the weekly growth of grass to the... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1853 - 622 pages
...exactly tpgether ? 63. If 12 oxen will eat 3£ acres of grass in 4 weeks, and 21 oxen will eat 10 acres in 9 weeks, how many oxen will eat 24 acres in 18 weeks, the grass being supposed to grow at an uniform rate during the time ? 64. Two trees on a horizontal plane are 120 feet... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1855 - 186 pages
...£™Ш, E ¿65^. 120. If 12 oxen will eat 34 acres of grass in 4 weeks, and 21 oxen will eat 10 acres in 9 weeks, how many oxen will eat 24 acres in 18 weeks, the grass being allowed to grow uniformly ? Ans. 36. 121. A lady was asked her age, who replied thus : — If you multiply... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1856 - 312 pages
...acres of grass in 3 weeks, and 16 oxen «at 6 acres in 9 weeks, how many oxen would eat 24 acres in 6 weeks ; the grass being at first equal on every acre, and growing uniformly ? 131. If 8 oxen eat 2 acres of grass in 3 weeks ; and 15 oxen eat 5-acres in 6 weeks ; for how many... | |
 | Uncle George, George Frederick Pardon - Amusements - 1857 - 232 pages
...Newton : — If 12 oxen will eat Siacres of grass in 4 weeks, and 21 oxen will eat 10 acres of grass in 9 weeks, how many oxen will eat 24 acres in 18 weeks — the grass being allowed to grow uniformly. Answer. If twelve oxen eat 3^ acres in 4 weeks, 36 oxen will eat 10 acres.... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 388 pages
...acres of grass in 2 weeks, and 24 oxen eat 14 1 acres in 5 weeks, how many oxen will eat 48 acres in 8 weeks, the grass being at first equal on every acre, and growing uniformly ? Ans. 60 oxen. 87. If 11 oxen eat 24 1 acres of grass in 5 weeks, and 10 oxen eat 26| acres in 4 weeks,... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase, Phiny Earie Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 394 pages
...acres of grass in 2 weeks, and 24 oxen eat 14 1 acres in 5 weeks, how many oxen will eat 48 acres in 8 weeks, the grass being at first equal on every acre, and growing uniformly 1 Ans. 60 oxen. 87. If 11 oxen eat 24§ acres of grass in 5 weeks, and 10 oxen eat 26| acres in 4 weeks,... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 338 pages
...acres of grass in 2 weeks, and 24 oxen eat 14| acres in 5 weeks, how many oxen will eat 48 acres in 8 weeks, the grass being at first equal on every acre, and growing uniformly ? Ans. 60 oxen. This example requires the solution of the three following questions, — viz. : 1.... | |
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... 24 acres in 18 weeks; the grass being at first equal on every acre, and growing uniformly ? THE END. 
