 | Joseph W Wilson (Mathematician) - 1910 - 316 pages
...20. Four places, A, B, C, and D, are situated in the same order as the letters. From A to D is 110 miles. The distance from A to B is to the distance from B to С as 6 to 7. The distance from С to D added to twice that from A to B equals three times that... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1870 - 114 pages
...difference of the debts was to the greater as 4 to 9. What were the debts ? Ans., 900, and 500 dollars. (7.) Four places are situated in the order of the four letters A, B, C, D. The distance from A to D is 34 miles, the distance from A to B : distance from C to D : : 2 : 3, and one-fourth of the distance... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 260 pages
...that of C. Ans. A2s share $90, B2s $150, and C2s $200. 34. Four towns are situated in the order of the letters A, B, C, D. The distance from A to D is 120 miles ; the distance from A to B is to the distance from B to C as 3 to 5 ; and one third of tho... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 252 pages
...that of C. Ans. A's share $90, B's $150, and C's $200. 34. Four towns arc situated in the order of the letters A, B, C, D. The distance from A to D is 120 miles; the distance from A to B is to the distance from B to C as 3 to 5 ; and one third of the... | |
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And * of the distance from A to B, added to half the distance from C to D, is three times the distance from B to C. What are the respective distances ? , Ans. 
