 | Thomas Weston (Master of the Academy at Grenwich.) - 1729 - 460 sider
...of the ERRORS ; but if they are of DIFFERENT Kinds, to wit, ONE an EXCESS, and the OTHER a DEFECT, divide the SUM of the PRODUCTS by the SUM of the ERRORS, and the QUOTIENT will give the NUMBER SOUGHT. DEMONSTRATION. Whether the ERRORS are of the SAME or DIFFERENT Kinds, the RULE... | |
 | Benjamin Donne - 1758 - 428 sider
...be the Number fought : But if the Errors are unlike, that is, one too great, the other too little, divide the Sum of the Products by the Sum of the Errors, and the Quotient will give the required Number. Or mind this memorial Rule : Unlike Signs Addition doth defire, Alike Signs... | |
 | 1801 - 446 sider
...by the difference of. the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 5. If the errors be unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. NOTE.- The errors are said to be alike, when they are both too great or both too little ; and unlike, when... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1807 - 248 sider
...by the diñerence of the errors,and the quotient will be the answer ; but if the errors be unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. A MAN lying at the point of death, left to his three sons all his estate, viz. to F half... | |
 | Isaac Dalby - 1807 - 476 sider
...quotient will be the answer. But if the errors are unlike for one too great, and the other to little) divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, for the answer. This rule is founded on the supposition that the differences between the true and supposed... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1811 - 406 sider
...by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be th.e answer. But if the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, for the answer. Note, The errors are said to be alike, when they are either both too great or both... | |
 | Samuel Webber - 1812 - 260 sider
...products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 5. If the errors be unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 4 NOTE. The errors are said to be alike, when they are both too great or both too little ; and unlike,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1812 - 620 sider
...by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. But if the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, for the answer. Note, The errors are said to be alike, when they are either both too great or botli... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1815 - 250 sider
...by the ciifference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 5. If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. NOTE.— The errors are said to be alike when they are both too great, or both too small ; and unlike, when... | |
 | Michael Walsh - 1816 - 288 sider
...errors, and the quotient is the answer : But if the errors be unlike, divide the sum of the products ky the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLE». 1 . В asked С how much his horse cost j С answered, that if he ro.,1 him three times... | |
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If the errors are alike, divide the difference of tire products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 5. If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 
