Key to Dodd's Algebra: Containing All the Problems, and the More Difficult Equations, in that Work. With Their Solutions: Designed to Facilitate the Labor of TeachersPratt, Oakley & Company, 1859 |
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100 represents 2x represents adding similar terms arithmetical means Arithmetical progression asked the ages bushels Clearing this Equation common difference Completing the square Divide the number Dividing both sides easily found Equation of fractions Equation will give Extracting the square Find the values find x=3 found equal fourth Equation Geometrical progression hence less number Let x represent Multiplying number of days number of dollars number of gallons number of hours number of miles number of shillings number of terms number of yards problem rate per cent ratio of percentage remainder represent A's share represent the greater represent the length represent the less represent the sum represents the amount represents the distance represents the interest represents the number represents the percentage second Equation square rods square root Squaring both sides Substituting these values Substituting this value Subtracting third Equation Transposing uniting similar terms value of x whence whole number
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