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... acres of corn , if each man mows r acres a day ? 21. Write down a number which , when divided by a , gives a quotient b and remainder c . 22. What is the remainder if x divided by y gives a quotient z ? 23. What is the quotient if when ...
... acres of corn , if each man mows r acres a day ? 21. Write down a number which , when divided by a , gives a quotient b and remainder c . 22. What is the remainder if x divided by y gives a quotient z ? 23. What is the quotient if when ...
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... acres less than the third ; find the number of acres in the farm . 27. Find a number such that if we divide it by 10 and then divide 10 by the number and add the quotients , we obtain a result which is equal to the quotient of the ...
... acres less than the third ; find the number of acres in the farm . 27. Find a number such that if we divide it by 10 and then divide 10 by the number and add the quotients , we obtain a result which is equal to the quotient of the ...
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... acres more each acre would have cost $ 4 less , and if each acre had cost $ 18 more he would have obtained 15 acres less : how much did he pay for the land ? 20. A can walk half a mile per hour faster than B , and three- quarters of a ...
... acres more each acre would have cost $ 4 less , and if each acre had cost $ 18 more he would have obtained 15 acres less : how much did he pay for the land ? 20. A can walk half a mile per hour faster than B , and three- quarters of a ...
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... acre for the pasture and $ 40 per acre for the arable , and the whole sum obtained is $ 10000 . If the average price per acre were $ 50 , the sum obtained would be 10 per cent . higher : find how much of the land is pasture , and how ...
... acre for the pasture and $ 40 per acre for the arable , and the whole sum obtained is $ 10000 . If the average price per acre were $ 50 , the sum obtained would be 10 per cent . higher : find how much of the land is pasture , and how ...
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Page 91 - The product is a2+2a6-}-62; from which it appears, that the square of the sum of two quantities, is equal to the square of the first plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Page 107 - Conversely, the difference of the squares of any two quantities is equal to the product of the sum and the difference of the two quantities.
Page 89 - It is evident from the Rule of Signs that (1) no even power of any quantity can be negative; (2) any odd power of a quantity will have the same sign as the quantity itself. NOTE. It is especially worthy of notice that the square of every expression, whether positive or negative, is positive.
Page 54 - Transpose all the terms containing the unknown quantity to one side of the equation, and the "known quantities to the other.