Key to Davies' Bourdon: With Many Additional Examples, Illustrating the Algebraic Analysis; Also, a Solution of All the Difficult Examples in Davies' Legendre

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A.S. Barnes, 1857 - 205 sider
 

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Side 93 - What two numbers are those whose sum, multiplied by the greater, is equal to 77 ; and whose difference, multiplied by the lesser, is equal to 12 ? Ans.
Side 156 - IN a Triangle, having given the Base, the Sum of the other two Sides, and the Length of a Line drawn from the Vertical Angle to the Middle of the Base ; to find the Sides of the Triangle.
Side 48 - A person has two horses, and a saddle worth £50 ; now, if the saddle be put on the back of the first horse, it will make his value double that of the second ; but if it be put on the back of the second, it will make his value triple that of the first ; what is the value of each horse ? Ans.
Side 157 - In a triangle, having given the base, the sum of the other two sides, and the length of a line drawn from the vertical angle to the middle of the base ; to find the sides of the triangle. PROBLEM XI.
Side 75 - To find a number, such that if you subtract it from 10, and multiply the remainder by the number itself, the product shall be 21. Ans. 7 or 3.
Side 52 - Ans. 20 days. 20. If A and B together can perform a piece of work in 8 days, A and C together in 9 days, and B and C in 10 days : how many days would it take each person to perform the same work alone ? Ans.
Side 39 - Two persons, A and B, lay out equal sums of money in trade ; A gains $126, and B loses $87, and A's money is now double of B's : what did each lay out ? Ans. $300.
Side 50 - To divide the number 90 into four such parts, that if the first be increased by 2, the second diminished by 2, the third multiplied by 2, and the fourth divided by 2, the sum, difference, product, and quotient so obtained, will be all equal to each other.
Side 91 - The sum of two numbers is 8, and the sum of their cubes is 152. What are the numbers ? Ans.
Side 51 - A man and his wife usually drank out a cask of beer in 12 days ; but when the man was from home, it lasted the woman 30 days ; how many days would the man alone be in drinking it ? Ans.

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