 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 182 pages
...the precedmg example, it is called ALLIGATION MEDIAL. RULE. 208. Multiply each quantity by its price, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the quantities, the quotient will be the rate of the compound required. QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE. 2. If I... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...preceding example, it is called ALLIGATION MEDIAL. RULE. 808. Multiply each quantity by its price, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the quantities, the quotient will be the rate of the compound required. QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE. 2. If I... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1833 - 268 pages
...find the mean time for several payments,' — RULE : — Multiply each sum by its time of payment, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the answer. Note. This rule is founded on the supposition, that what is gained by keeping a debt a certain... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1833 - 204 pages
...prices being given, to find the mean price of the mixture. RULE. Multiply each quantity by its price, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the quantities.* (1) A grocer mixed 4 cwl. of sugar, at 56.?. per cwt. with 7 cwt. at 43i. per cwl. and... | |
 | Samuel YOUNG (of Manchester.) - 1833 - 272 pages
...of the several simples, to find the rate of the mixture. RULG. Multiply each quantity by its rate, and divide the sum of the Products by the sum of the quantities. (1) 8 Ibs. of sugar at 7d. per Ib. were mixed with 5 Ibs. at 8d. and 7 Ibs. at Is. Required... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...sum of them by the sum of the debts. RULE. Multiply each debt by the time, in which it is payable, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts: the quotient will be the equated time. 1. If I owe you 50 dollars payable in 4 months, 75 dollars... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Foster - Bookkeeping - 1837 - 262 pages
...business use the following general RULE. Multiply the amount of each debt by the time it has to run till it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the amount of the debt ; the quotient is the average or equated time of payment. Thus the equated time... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Foster - Accounting - 1837 - 224 pages
...business use the following general RULE. Multiply the amount of each debt by the time it has to run till it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the amount of the debt; the quotient is the average or equated time of payment. Thus the equated time of... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...Ibs.= 12J cts., the worth of 1 Ib. of the mixture. Hence the RULE. Multiply each quantity by its price, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the quantities ; the quotient will be the rate of the compound required. EXAMPLES. 2. A grocer mixes sugar,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
...the payment of the whole ? OPERATION. We here multiply each sum 200 x 2 = 400 by the time at which it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments. 200x4= 800 200x6 = 1200 600 )24|00 Ans. 4 months. . 3. A merchant owes $600, of which $100 is to be... | |
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RULE.* — Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required. 
