| 1801 - 446 páginas
...given quantity, , .*»«.* .'_-, .. Multiply the quantity into itself, till the quantity be taken for a factor as many times as there .are units in th,e, index, and the last product will be the power required. Multiply the index of th^ quantity by the power, and... | |
| Charles Butler - 1814 - 540 páginas
...Binomials. To find the terms and indices. RULE 1. Write down the leading quantity successively, as many times as there are units in the index of the required power. II. Over the first of these place the index of the power ; over the second, the index decreased by... | |
| Jeremiah Day - 1820 - 352 páginas
...the following general rule is manifest, from the nature of powers. MULTIPLY THE QUANTITY INTO ITSELF, TILL IT is TAKEN AS A FACTOR, AS MANY TIMES AS THERE ARE UNITS IN THE INDEX OF THE POWER TO WHICH THE QUANTITY IS TO BE RAISED. This rule comprehends all the instances which can occur... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1826 - 114 páginas
...the multiplicand multiplier or both. o How many times do you multiply any number into itself? Ans. Till it is taken as a factor as many times as there are units in the index of the required power. What is the square of 4? Ans. 16. What is the exponent? Ans. 2. How many times was 4 used as a factor?... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1827 - 216 páginas
...Either the multiplicand, multiplier, or both. How many times do you multiply any number into itself? A. Till it is taken as a factor as many times as there are units in the index of the required power. What is the square of 4 ? A. 16. , What is the exponent ? A. 2. How many times was 4 used as a factor... | |
| Jeremiah Day - 1827 - 352 páginas
...the following general rule is manifest, from the nature of powers. MULTIPLY THE QUANTITY INTO ITSELF, TILL IT is TAKEN AS A FACTOR, AS MANY TIMES AS THERE ARE UNITS IN THE INDEX OF THE POWER TO WHICH THE QUANTITY IS TO BE RAISED. This rule comprehends all the instances which can occur... | |
| 1836 - 488 páginas
...is taken as a factor in u product. Rule for involving a quantity. Multiply the quantity into itself, till it is taken as a factor, as many times as there are units in the index of the power to which the quantity is to be raised. The power of the product of several factors, is equal... | |
| James Bryce - 1837 - 322 páginas
...quantity to any power. RULE. 98. Multiply the quantity continually by itself, until it has been used as a factor as many times as there are units in the index of the required power. The reason of the rule is manifest from the nature of powers (Art. 14), involution being merely a succession... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1844 - 272 páginas
...Hence, 165. To involve a quantity to any required power. RULE. — Multiply the quantity into itself, till it is taken as a, factor as many times as there are units in the index of the power to which the quantity is to be raised. (Art. 80.) NB All powers of 1 are the same, viz. 1. For... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 402 páginas
...Involution. 342. Hence, to involve a. number to any required power. Multiply the given number into itself, till it is taken as a factor, as many times as there are units in the index of the power to which the number is to be raised. (Art. 339.) Oss. 1. The number of multiplications in raising... | |
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