 | Miles Bland - 1821 - 898 sider
...43. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 9 Ibs. ; his head weighed as much as his tail, and half his body ; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh ? .: 9 + 9 + ¿r = 2* ; by transposition, 18 = x ; Л the fish weighed 36 + 27 + 9 = 72... | |
 | James Ryan - 1824 - 550 sider
...23. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 91bs. ; his head weighed as much as bis tail, aud half his body ; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh Let 2x— the number of Ibs. the body weighed ; then 9+a;=the weight of the4a&fc*<& .-.... | |
 | James Ryan, Robert Adrain - 1824 - 542 sider
...23. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 91hs. ; his heai weighed as much as his tail, and half his body , and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh Let 2x= the number of Ibs. the body weighed ; then 9+^==the weight of the tail ; .-. 9 +... | |
 | Miles Bland - 1824 - 404 sider
...43. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 9lbs.; his head weighed as much as his tail, and half his body; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did the fish weigh ? Let 2 x = the number of Ibs. the body weighed; then 9 + x = the weight of the tail ; by... | |
 | James Ryan - 1826 - 430 sider
...23- A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 91bi. ; his head weighed as much as his tail, and half his body ; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. What did th* fish weigh :' Let 2(r= the number of Ibs. the body weighed ; then 9,+x =- the weight of the tail... | |
 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1829 - 212 sider
...question. 2. A Fish was caught, whose tail weighed 91bs., his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail. Required the weight of the fish ? It appears from the nature of this question, that to substitute x... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1835 - 378 sider
...equality. Verification. \ 126 126 -+21=42+21=63=j *«,.,. ...,wj ,-.i VV . as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together ; what was the weight of the fish? Let . 2 x= the weight of the body. Then . 9+x= weight of... | |
 | 1838 - 372 sider
...—+21=42+21=63=-—. 5. A fish was caught whose tail weighed Qlb. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together ; what was the weight of the fish? Let . 2 x= the weight of the body. Then . 9+a;= weight... | |
 | John Radford Young - 1838 - 368 sider
...VII. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 lbs. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? Let 2x be the number of lbs. the body weighed ; then 9... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1839 - 272 sider
...'-> 6. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 91b., his head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together ; what was the weight of the fish ? Let 2a:= the weight of the body. Then, 9+a;= weight of... | |
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His head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together. 
