Exercises and problems in algebra [by J. Pryde] with answers. without answers

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Página 35 - A farmer wishes to mix 28 bushels of barley at 2s. 4d. a bushel, with rye at 3s. a bushel, and wheat at 4s. a bushel, so that the whole may consist of 100 bushels at 3s.
Página 29 - Four persons purchased a farm in company for 4755 dollars ; of which B paid three times as much as A ; C paid as much as A and B ; and D paid as much as C and B. What did each pay 1 Prob. 32. It is required to divide the number 99 into five...
Página 39 - A detachment of an army was marching in regular column, with 5 men more in depth than in front ; but upon the enemy coming in sight, the front was increased by 845 men ; and by this movement the detachment was drawn up in 5 lines.
Página 30 - A person employed 4 workmen, to the first of whom he gave 2 shillings more than to the second ; to the second 3 shillings more than to the third ; and to the third 4 shillings more than to the fourth. Their wages amounted to 32 shillings. What did each receive ? Ans.
Página 48 - After he had been gone three days, a second sets out, and travels 12 miles the first day, 13 the second, and so on. In how many days will the second overtake the first ? Ans.
Página 40 - Each man received one third as many shillings as there were persons relieved ; and each woman received twice as many shillings as there were women more than men. The men received all together 18s.
Página 38 - In a court there are two square grass-plots; a side of one of which is 10 yards longer than the side of the other; and their areas are as 25 to 9. What are the lengths of the sides ? Ans. 25, and 15 yards.
Página 30 - A Farmer has two flocks of sheep, each containing the same number. From one of these he sells 39, and from the other 93 ; and finds just twice as many remaining in one as in the other. How many did each flock originally contain ? Ans. 147.
Página 48 - There are three numbers in arithmetical progression, whose sum is 21 ; and the sum of the first and second is to the sum of the second and third as 3 to 4. Required the numbers! Ans. 5, 7, 9.

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