 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 204 pages
...first and third terms are called antecedents, and the second and fourth are called consequents ; also, the first and fourth terms are called extremes, and the second and third are called means. Whatever four numbers are proportionals, if their antecedents and consequents be... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 208 pages
...first and third terms are called antecedents, and the second and fourth are called consequents ; also, the first and fourth terms are called extremes, and the second and third are called means. Whatever four numbers are proportionals, if their antecedents and consequents be... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1846 - 206 pages
...first and third terms are called antecedents, and the second and fourth are called consequents ; also, the first and fourth terms are called extremes, and the second and third are called means. Whatever four numbers are proportionals, if their antecedents and consequents be... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless - Geometry - 1879 - 282 pages
...and third terms of the proportion) are called antecedents, and the second and fourth, consequents. 5. The first and fourth terms are called extremes, and the second and third, means. 6. Quantities are in continued proportion when a consequent of one ratio is the same as the... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin, Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1831 - 386 pages
...equals 16 to 4, or 8 is to 2 as 16 is to 4. 346. Each term of a proportion is called a Proportional ; the first and fourth terms are called Extremes; and the second and third terms, Means. When the two means are the same number, that number is a Mean Proportional between the two extremes.... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1882 - 398 pages
...equals 16 to 4, or 8 is to 2 as 16 is to 4. 346. Each term of a proportion is called a Proportional ; the first and fourth terms are called Extremes; and the second and third terms, Means. When the two means are the same number, that number is a Mean Proportional between the two extremes.... | |
 | J. R. Bevis - Geometry - 1896 - 174 pages
...as 8 is to 9J. 6. How many terms are there in each ratio ? How many are there in a proportion ? 7. The first and fourth terms are called extremes, and the second and third terms are called means. 8. How many terms are there in — 6 : 4 = 30 : ? 7: 12 :: 6 : ? 3 : ? : : 15 : 30... | |
 | Charles Edward White - Arithmetic - 1897 - 312 pages
...four terms, of which two are antecedents and two are consequents. Each term is a proportional. 333. The first and fourth terms are called Extremes, and the second and third terms are called Means. NOTE. — In the proportion 2 : 6 :: 6 : 18, the two means are the same number, 6.... | |
 | Charles Edward White - Arithmetic - 1901 - 472 pages
...four terms, of which two are antecedents and two are consequents. Each term is a proportional. 398. The first and fourth terms are called Extremes, and the second and third terms are called Means. PRINCIPLE. — The product of the extremes equals the product of the means. Rule.... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Steam engineering - 1901 - 354 pages
...given ratio. Thus 8 : 9 is the inverse of 9 : 8. Each term of a proportion is called a Proportional; the first and fourth terms are called Extremes; and the second and third term, Means. When the two means are the same number, that number is a Mean Proportional between, tbe... | |
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To find an extreme, divide the product of the means by the given extreme. To find a mean, divide the product of the extremes by the given mean. 
