 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1855 - 388 pages
...written the three terms of the proportion, or, as usually expressed, having stated the question, then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by thejirst term. E. — Since there is a ratio between the first and second terms, they must be reduced... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1856 - 264 pages
...two remaining numbers as the first term, and the other as the second term, of the proportion. 3°. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term ; the quotient will be the answer. Such is the Rule of Three, as it is usually given in Arithmetic.... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1856 - 334 pages
...the means is 21,600, which, being divided by one of the extremes, gives a quotient of 720. That is, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first ; the quotient will be tht fourth term or answer. A. $720. 14. If 20 pounds of butter cost 95, what... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 pages
...expresses the demand, for the first, and the remaining term of the condition for tlte second term. II. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. III. If the first or second terms consist of different denominations, reduce both to the lowest mentioned.... | |
 | Mineral industries - 1857 - 578 pages
...SHROUD-LAID* ROPE. Ruin. — State the question as in direct proportion, square the first and third terms, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. in mines, out of the common course of working. We may notice an instance or two, viz. inattention or... | |
 | John Budge - Mine surveying - 1858 - 224 pages
...SHROUD-LAID ROPE.* Rule. — State the question as in direct proportion, square the first and third terms, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. EXAMPLE. • How many standard yarns, or threads, are there in a 14-inch capstan rope ? * The term... | |
 | John Greig - 1858 - 116 pages
...the same name. Then bring the first and second terms into the same name, if both are not so already, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, the quotient will be the fourth term or answer, and of the same name as the third. Thus, if 3 oz. of... | |
 | John Budge - 1860 - 214 pages
...SHROUD-LAID ROPE.* Rule.—State the question as in direct proportion, square the first and third terms, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. EXAMPLE. How many standard yarns, or threads, are there in a 14-inch capstan rope ? As 3 : 20 : : 14... | |
 | Edward Liddell (writer on arithmetic.) - 1860 - 160 pages
...the first place. (4). Reduce (if necessary) the first and second terms to the same denomination. (5). Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term ; the result will be the answer required. We may either leave the fourth place in the statement... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 440 pages
...second term, and the other for the first. III. Finally, multiply the second and third terms together, divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer in the game denomination as the third term. PROOF. — Multiply the first term and the answer... | |
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... for the second term, and the greater for the first ; and in either case multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term. 
