 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 264 pages
...cents, * The first term, the last term, and the number of terms, given to find the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one, and the quotient will be the common difference, or fourth term. Or, from the second term subtract the... | |
 | Charles Potts - Arithmetic - 1835 - 202 pages
...yards. CASE 2. When the two extremes, and number of terms are given to find the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1 ; the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 3 and 19, and the number... | |
 | John Rose - Arithmetic - 1835 - 192 pages
...When descending ? When the extremes and number of terms are gitffen, to find the common difference. Divide the difference of the extremes, by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 1. If the extremes be 5 and 605, and the number... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1836 - 202 pages
...III. — The first term, ths last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common difference. 6. In a school there are 8 scholars, -whose ages... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 488 pages
...terms, and dividing the product by 2. The common difference of the terms may be found, by dividing the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one. If the difference of the extremes be divided by the common differ, ence, the quotient increased by... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...Therefore — When the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, we have this RULE : Divide the difference of the extremes, by the number of terms less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 7. If the first term of a series be 3, the last... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1837 - 246 pages
...first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. R ULK. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 3 and 29, and the... | |
 | Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 298 pages
...and number of terms are given, to find the common difference. Q. What is the RULE in this case ? A. Divide the difference of the extremes, by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. % EXAMPLES. 1. In an arithmetical series, the extremes... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 194 pages
...III.: — The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 6. In a school there are 8 scholars, whose .ages... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 174 pages
...Heuce, II. Tlte first term, the last term, and the number of terms given to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. ftt, 279. ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION 119 2. If the... | |
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Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 
