 There is a fish whoso tail weighs 9 pounds, his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail ; what is the whole weight of the fish ? Ans.  Elements of Algebra - Side 272av Silvestre François Lacroix - 1825 - 276 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Barnard Smith - 1857 - 740 sider
...2a? = 96; .'. x = 48 gallons. Ex. 10. 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 together. Find the weight of the fish. Let 2x= weight of fish's... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1858 - 458 sider
...days. 8. There is a fish whose head weighs 15 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head and £ of his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail. What is the weight of the fish? ' Ans. 721b. 9. If 12 oxen eat 3£ acres of grass in 4 weeks, and 21 oxen eat 10... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1858 - 456 sider
...days. 8. There is a fish whose head weighs 15 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head and £ of his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail. What is the weight of the fish? Ans. 721b. 9. If 12 oxen eat 3^- acres of grass in 4 weeks, and 21 oxen eat 10... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - 1858 - 350 sider
...a fish the head of which weighs 15 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head and half as much as his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail. Bequired the weight of the fish. Ans. 72 pounds. 35. A certain grocer has only 5 weights ; with these... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1859 - 324 sider
...VERIFICATION. 1|? + 21 = 42 + 21 = 63 = ~ 6. 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 together : what was the weight of the fish ? Let 2ж = the weight... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1860 - 1020 sider
...whole length ? Ans. ¿4 leeb Prob. 24. There is a fish whose tail weighs 9lb. his head weighs as much a his tail and half his body, and his body weighs as much as hU head and his tail ; what is the whole weight of the fish ? Ans. Hlb. Prob. 25. After paying away... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1861 - 322 sider
...equality, we have x = 126. Verification. 6. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9$., 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 2z = the weight... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1864 - 188 sider
...22. A fish's head weighs 5 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head added to half the weight of his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail together ; what is the weight of the fish ? 2.'3. A and B start from towns which are 48 miles apart,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1868 - 356 sider
...There is a fish whose head weighs 14 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head and -fy as much as his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail. "What is the weight '"of the &h? 82. If 5 gal. molasses are equal in value to 2 bush, corn, and 18 bush, corn to... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1867 - 358 sider
...is a fish whose head weighs 14 pounds, his tail weighs as much as his head and -|3ff as much as bis body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail. What is the weight of the fish ? 82. If 5 gal. molasses are equal in value to 2 bush, com, and 18 bush, corn to... | |
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