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" A man was hired 50 days on these conditions. — that, for every day he worked, he should receive $ '75, and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work... "
Arithmetic: In which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically ... - Page 246
by Daniel Adams - 1830 - 264 pages
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The United States Arithmetic: Designed for Academies and Schools

William Vogdes - Arithmetic - 1847 - 324 pages
...every day he wrought, and forfeit 10' cents for every day he was idle; at settlement he received $5 : how many days did he work and how many was he idle ? 9. The head of a fish is 9 inches long, and its tail is as long as its head and half its body, and...
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Key to Adam's New Arithmetic: For the Use of Teachers

Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1849 - 96 pages
...$500, Ans. 34. Had he worked every day, his wages would have been $'75 X 50 = $37'50, that is, $10 more than he received ; but every day he was idle lessened his wages $'75 -\- $'25 = $1 ; consequently he was idle 10 days, and 50 days — 10 days = 40 days, Ans. 35. $40 -r-...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of Arithmetic and the Adaptation of that Science ...

Uriah Parke - Arithmetic - 1849 - 414 pages
...and to pay 25 cents board for every day he was idle. On settlement at the end of 60 days he received How many days did he work, and how many was he idle? By Position — Suppose he wrought 40 days, then 40x.75=$30.00 He was idle then 20 days at .25= 5.00...
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Daboll's Complete Schoolmaster's Assistant: Being a Plain Comprehensive ...

Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - Arithmetic - 1849 - 260 pages
...every day he was idle he should pay $ ,30 ; and at the expiration of the time he received. $3 1,80. How many days did he work and how many was he idle ? Ans. he worked 48 days, and was idle 22. 8. A farmer having driven his cattle to market received...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of Arithmetic and the Adaptation of that Science ...

Uriah Parke - Arithmetic - 1850 - 402 pages
...pay 25 cents board for every day he was idle. On settlement at the end of 60 days he received $30. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle? As 8 (sixtieths) : 60 (sixtieths) : : 16 trees : 120 trees. By Position— Suppose he wrought 40 days,...
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Bonnycastle's Introduction to Algebra: Containing the Indeterminate and ...

John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1851 - 288 pages
...day he was absent he should forfeit 8d.: now, at the end of the time he had to receive 1Z. Us. 8d.: how many days did he work, and how many was he idle ? Let the number of days that he worked be denoted by x. Then will 40 — x be the number of days he...
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Key to Adams's New Arithmetic

Daniel Adams - 1853 - 108 pages
...$500, Ans. 34. "Had he worked every day, his wages would have been S-75 X 50 = $37'50, that is, $10 more than he received ; but every day he was 'idle lessened his wages $'75-f- $'25 = $1 ; consequently he was idle 10 days, and 50 days — 10 days = 40 days, Ans. 35. $40...
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The New Federal Calculator, Or Scholar's Assistant

Thomas Tucker Smiley - Arithmetic - 1854 - 196 pages
...C Their income, $600. feit 50 cents: at the expiration of the time he received 27 dollars 50 cents: how many days did he work, and how many was he idle? Ans. worked 35, idle 15 days. 4. A farmer having driven his cattle to market, received for them all...
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A Treatise on Algebra

Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1855 - 356 pages
...day he works, and pays q pence for every day he is idle. At the end of the time he receives a pence. How many days did he work, and how many was he idle? Ans. He worked -i- — , and was idle — days. p+q p+q Ex. 35. The fore wheel of a carriage makes...
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Treatise on Algebra, for the Use of Schools and Colleges

William Smyth - Algebra - 1855 - 370 pages
...that he was idle he was to forfeit 12 shillings. At the end of the time he received 504 shillings. How many days did he work and how many was he idle ? To verify the numbers required in this problem we should multiply them, if known, by 24 and 12 respectively...
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