The Chain Rule: A Manual of Brief Commercial ArithmeticEffingham Wilson, 1844 - 72 pages |
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... column , and divide the right by the left , which gives the answer . thus , 323 751 18 ) 35 A. STATING . The proper statement of the question is the principal point in the Chain Rule , and , though it is easy , it requires attention ...
... column , and divide the right by the left , which gives the answer . thus , 323 751 18 ) 35 A. STATING . The proper statement of the question is the principal point in the Chain Rule , and , though it is easy , it requires attention ...
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... right column , place the corresponding num- ber of the equivalent , being here 12 yards . Recommence at the left column with the number of the same kind as stated at the right , 4 yards . Place opposite to it the corresponding num- ber ...
... right column , place the corresponding num- ber of the equivalent , being here 12 yards . Recommence at the left column with the number of the same kind as stated at the right , 4 yards . Place opposite to it the corresponding num- ber ...
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... right column , without repeating the signs of yards and £ . Beginners will do well to repeat the signs , though , in general , this is unnecessary . Instead of x , a point of interrogation may be used ; the latter , however , from its ...
... right column , without repeating the signs of yards and £ . Beginners will do well to repeat the signs , though , in general , this is unnecessary . Instead of x , a point of interrogation may be used ; the latter , however , from its ...
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... column with x , which expresses the number of the kind wanted , and stating opposite in the right column the number of the equivalent which is to be an- swered , then recommencing with the number of the kind last - mentioned , and to the ...
... column with x , which expresses the number of the kind wanted , and stating opposite in the right column the number of the equivalent which is to be an- swered , then recommencing with the number of the kind last - mentioned , and to the ...
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... right column is then multiplied ; 3 times 3 are 9 , and as there is none at the left for a divisor , the answer is £ 9 , being the same kind as x . If , by way of illustration , the same example is to be proved , the principle of ...
... right column is then multiplied ; 3 times 3 are 9 , and as there is none at the left for a divisor , the answer is £ 9 , being the same kind as x . If , by way of illustration , the same example is to be proved , the principle of ...
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12 months 12 yards 16 horses 20 shillings 30 days 9 days 9 months acres Adam Ries adopted amount of interest ARITH arithmetical questions arithmetical science belong Bishopsgate Street bound in cloth cancel 20 cancelling or shortening cent Chain Rule compound Counting House counting-house cyphers days 18 days 30 denominator divided divisor dollars example is taken expressing men feet thick fewer lb fother Fractional Numbers fractions are arranged French Language French School-Part gives the answer Grammar higher sort interest for 3,568 inverse Known term L'ECHO DE PARIS learners left column linking numbers manual masons mental calculations mercantile METIC Modern Cambist months The Unknown multiplied neatly bound number expressing pence pounds sterling principle of linking profit Proportion rest as usual right column ROYAL EXCHANGE Schönberg School Second Edition simple Sir Thomas Gresham Tables TATE Tate's Modern tion Torgau transposed transposition unequal kinds volume yard cost youthful
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