 | Miles Bland - 1824 - 404 sider
...root, x + 1 б = ± 36 ; .'. a: =20, or —52, and consequently A put £. 20 into trade. . A person bought some sheep for £. 72 ; and found that if he...bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £. 1 less for each. How many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? Let т = the number of sheep... | |
 | George Peacock - 1830 - 732 sider
...roots : an example of this kind occurs in the following problem. " A person bought some sheep for £?2, and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £ 1 • less for each : How many sheep did he buy ?" If we convert buying into selling, more intojeivcr,... | |
 | William Smyth - 1830 - 278 sider
...16 months. What money did A put into trade -^!b~ 4. A person bought some sheep for £72 ; and found if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £1 less for each. How many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? 5. A and B set out from two... | |
 | Bourdon (M., Louis Pierre Marie) - 1831 - 326 sider
...negative solution — y, considered independently of its sign, is the answer to the following question. To find a number such that twice its square diminished by three times the number is 65 ? For we have Problem 2. A man bought a certain number of ells of cloth for 240 francs. If, with... | |
 | Bourdon (M., Louis Pierre Marie) - 1831 - 446 sider
...gative solution -- - , considered independently of its sign, satisfies the new enunciation, viz. : To find a number such, that twice its square, diminished by three times this number, shall give 65. In fact we have 13 169 39 Second problem. A certain person purchased a... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1835 - 378 sider
...solution — — , considered independently of its sign, satisfies this new enunciation, viz. : To find a number such, that twice its square, diminished by three times this number, shall give 65. In fact, we have /13\3 13 169 39 •X(T) -3xy=— -y=65. 2. A certain person... | |
 | James Bryce - 1837 - 322 sider
...taken together, contain 2120 stones. What are their lengths separately? Ans. 26 and 38. 50. A person bought some sheep for £72, and found that, if he...bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid £ 1 less for each. Required the number bought, and the price of each. Ans. The number was 18, and... | |
 | John Radford Young - 1838 - 368 sider
...and the sum of their squares equal to 225. Ans. 9 and 12. 12. A person bought some sheep for 72Z., and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid 1Z. less for each. How many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? Ans. The number of sheep was... | |
 | John Radford Young - 1839 - 332 sider
...and the sum of their squares equal to 225. Ans. 9 and 12. 12. A person bought some sheep for 72Z., and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid 1Z. less for each. How many did he buy, and what was the price of each ? Ans. The number of sheep was... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1839 - 264 sider
...negative solution , considered indepen2 dently of its sign, satisfies this new enunciation, viz : To find a number such, that twice its square, diminished by three times the number, shall give 65. In fact, we have 169 39 REMARK. — The root which results from giving the plus sign... | |
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A farmer bought some sheep for $ 72, and found that if he had bought 6 more for the same money, he would have paid $ 1 less for each. How many sheep did he buy ? OPERATION. 
