| Anthony Birks, John Birks - Arithmetic - 1766 - 640 pages
...caftle was in height. A waggiih fellow did the ladder flide, (The bottom of it) ten feet from the fide. Now I would know how far the top did fall, By pulling out the ladder from the wall. . 100 X 100 = JOOOO 10 X io = loo v/ 9900 = 99.49874 • . • loo — 99.49874 = .50125 = a very little... | |
| Thomas Sadler - Arithmetic - 1773 - 524 pages
...caftle was in height. A waggifh fellow did the ladder flide (The bottom of it) ten feet from the fide. Now I would know how far the top did fall, By pulling out the ladder from the wall. Difference 9900 the fquare root whereof viz. 99.498+ feet, is the height of the wall to the top of... | |
| Mathematical recreations - 1774 - 734 pages
...caftle was in height. A w'aggim fellow did the ladder flide, (The bottom of it) ten feet from the fide. Now I would know how far the top did fall,'. By pulling out the ladder from the wall ? Anfaered by Mr. John Bofwell.' Six inches half a quarter the top did fall, By pulling the ladder... | |
| Ladies' diary - 1775 - 430 pages
...cafHe was in height. A waggifli fellow did the ladder Hide (The bottom of it) ten feet from the fide. Now I would know how far the top did fall, By pulling out the ladder from the wall. IV. Qiiejliou 3t, by Mr. Lover. Three farmers did meet, as they rode on their way,. The fall to the... | |
| Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1775 - 382 pages
...cafHe was in height. A waggim fellow did the ladder Hide (The bottom of it) ten feet from the fide. Now I would know how far the top did fall, By pulling out the ladder from the wall. IV. ^ueflion 32, by Mr. Lover. Three farmers did meet, as they rode on their way, The firit to the... | |
| Thomas Peacock - Arithmetic - 1791 - 302 pages
...caftle was in height. A waggifli fellow did the ladder flide, (The bottom of it) ten feet from the fide. Now I would know, how far the top did fall, By pulling out the ladder from the wall ? Anf. 6 — insj. 28. Four figure» of nine may be fo placed as to denote i oo, neither more nor lefs... | |
| Paul Deighan - Arithmetic - 1804 - 504 pages
...was in height : A waggifli youth did the ladder flide, (The bottom of it) ten feet from the fide : Now I would know how far the top did fall, By pulling out the ladder from the wall ? Afif. 6 inches, nearly. i a. Suppofe a light-houfe built on the top of a rock ; the dillance between... | |
| Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1806 - 342 pages
...Ground; Against the Wall a Ladder stood upright, Of the same Length the Castle was in Height. A waggish Youth did the Ladder slide (The Bottom of it) ten Feet from the Side i . Now I would know how far the Top did fall, By pulling out the Ladder from the Wall ? (17) As I... | |
| John Gough - Arithmetic - 1813 - 358 pages
...ground; Against the wall a ladder stood uprrght, Of the same length the castle was in height, A waggish youth did the ladder slide, (The bottom of it) ten...side: Now I would know how far the top did fall, By pullinp out the ladder from the wall ? Answ. 6 inches nearly. CnseV. Any number of mt-n being given,... | |
| Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...same length the castle was in height : A waggish youngster did the ladder slide (The bottom of it) 10 feet from the side: Now I .would know how far the...did fall, By pulling out the ladder from the wall ? Ans. 6 inches, nearly. PROBLEM vII. To find the areaffa trapezium. RULE. Multiply the sum of the... | |
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