A School Algebra

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Ginn & Company, 1893 - 362 páginas
 

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Página 51 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor.
Página 291 - For, if a : b = с : d, ,, ac then - = — bd Multiplying by bd, ad = be. The equation ad = be gives a — -£, b = — ; so that an d с extreme may be found by dividing the product of the means by the other extreme ; and a mean may be found by dividing the product of the extremes by the other mean.
Página 340 - If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number.
Página 291 - If the product of two numbers is equal to the product of two others, either two may be made the extremes of a proportion and the other two the means. For, if ad = be, then, dividing by bd, ad_ be bd~bd' ac or j- — -
Página 305 - It has been found by experiment that the distance a body falls from rest varies as the square of the time.
Página 117 - The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them.
Página 304 - Given that the area of a circle varies as the square of its radius...
Página 282 - If twelve times the units' digit be subtracted from the number, the order of the digits will be reversed. Find the number.
Página 289 - The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent.
Página 120 - The dividend a is called the numerator, and the divisor b is called the denominator. The numerator and denominator are called the terms of the fraction.

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