 | James Ferguson, David Brewster - 1806 - 532 páginas
...of a cubic foot of the same stone, for a third quantity. Multiply the first quantity by the second, and divide the product by the third, and the quotient will be the weight required. 2. To find the number of cubic feet in the turning millstone, supposing it to have... | |
 | James Thompson - 1808 - 176 páginas
...less, and less requires more. RULE.— As in the Rule of Three Direct, state and prepare the question ; then multiply the first and second terms tog-ether, and divide the product by the third. The quotient will be the answer in the name, or denomination ofthe second. EXAMPLES. 1. A captain of... | |
 | 1811 - 210 páginas
...receive for the sugar ? Ans. 43gyb. INVERSE PROPORTION. RULE. Prepare the terms as in Direct Proportion, then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third. Or, • Invert the third term, and multiply the three terms together as in Multiplication. / , , EXAMPLES.... | |
 | 1811 - 236 páginas
...quality, the firft term, and the remaining number will be the middle term. Multiply the firft and lecond terms together, and divide the product by the third, and the quotient is the aniwer." EXAMPLES. « If 100 workmen complete a piece of work in 12 days, how many are fufficient... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1812 - 274 páginas
...first does to the third. RULE. State tin: question, and, when necessary, reduce the terms as before. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third term; the quotient is the answer in the same denomination as the second term ; thus in the foregoing... | |
 | Caleb Alexander - 1813 - 152 páginas
...question, as you would in the Rule of Three Direct, multiply the Jirtt and «econd terms toaether, divide the product by the third, and the quotient will be the answer, of the same name, or denomination, with the secend term. EXAMPLES. 1. If 40 men do a piece of work... | |
 | Oliver Welch - 1857 - 244 páginas
...which is of the same name, the first term ; and the other remaining number must be the middle term ; multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer required.* Examples. ' 1. If 8 men can build a tower in 12 days ;... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1814 - 540 páginas
...than the second. 135. RULE I. State the question, and reduce the term as in the foregoing rule. II. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination the second term was left in m. Method of... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1815 - 250 páginas
...belongs to Inverse Proportion. RULE. ' 1 State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together^ and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the Answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. \ '... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1816 - 222 páginas
...reduce the terms as in the rule of three direct ; then multiply the first and second terms together, divide the product by the third, and the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination with the second term." EXAMPLES. 1. If 48 men build a wall in 4 days, how... | |
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Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. 
