 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1879 - 320 pages
...least of the other two in the second place. 3°. Then divide the product of the second and third terms by the first; the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. CA8E L 124. When the three given terms are each of one denomination. Various Departments, Ex. 1. A... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 450 pages
...the other for the first. III. Multiply the second and third terms together, and, divide the product by the first ; the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. PROOF. — -If the product of the first and fourth terms equals that of the second and third, the answer... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Business mathematics - 1884 - 344 pages
...the other for the first. III. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first; the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. NOTES.—1. The factors common to ihe first and second, or to the first and third terms, should be... | |
 | Thomas Hunter - Home schooling - 1884 - 670 pages
...term and the greater for the first. Multiplying the third term by the second and dividing the product by the first, the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. Compound Proportion, or the double Rule of Three, is applied to the solution of questions requiring... | |
 | Eugene L. Dubbs - Arithmetic - 1901 - 462 pages
...the greater for the first. 3. Multiply together the second and third terms, and divide the product by the first. The quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 1. If a man can plow 15 acres in 4 days, how many acres can he plow in 10 days ? 2. If 12 tons of coal... | |
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... then, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term... 
