 | Charles Vyse - 1806 - 342 str.
...respect to the second. RULE. Multiply the first, and second Terms together, and divide their Produdt by the third Term : the Quotient will be the Answer. EXAMPLES. (1) If 48 Men can perform a Piece of Work in 12 Days, how many Men can do the same in 72 Days ? (2) How much... | |
 | James Thompson - 1808 - 176 str.
...less, and less requires more. RULE.— As in the Rule of Three Direct, state and prepare the question ; then multiply the first and second terms tog-ether, and divide the product by the third. The quotient will be the answer in the name, or denomination ofthe second. EXAMPLES. 1. A captain of... | |
 | 1811 - 210 str.
...receive for the sugar ? Ans. 43gyb. INVERSE PROPORTION. RULE. Prepare the terms as in Direct Proportion, then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third. Or, • Invert the third term, and multiply the three terms together as in Multiplication. / , , EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1812 - 274 str.
...first does to the third. RULE. State tin: question, and, when necessary, reduce the terms as before. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third term; the quotient is the answer in the same denomination as the second term ; thus in the foregoing example, - =3 days,... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1814 - 540 str.
...than the second. 135. RULE I. State the question, and reduce the term as in the foregoing rule. II. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination the second term was left in m. Method of... | |
 | Oliver Welch - 1857 - 244 str.
...which is of the same name, the first term ; and the other remaining number must be the middle term ; multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer required.* Examples. ' 1. If 8 men can build a tower in 12 days ;... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1815 - 250 str.
...belongs to Inverse Proportion. RULE. ' 1 State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together^ and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the Answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. \ '... | |
 | Charles Vyse - 1815 - 340 str.
...term be in respect to the second. RULE. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide their product by the third term : the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. (1) If 48 men can perform a piece of work tn 12 days, how many men can do the same'in 72 days ? (2) How much... | |
 | John Preston - 1817 - 538 str.
...harvest a field of wheat in 2 days, in what time can 8 men do the same work ? Answer, 1 day. RULE. Multiply the first and second terms together and divide the product by the third, the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. OPERATION. men. d. men, 4 : 2 :: 8 2 8)8(1 day, answer.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1818 - 246 str.
...belongs to Inverse Proportion. RULE. 1. State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. EXAMPLES.... | |
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Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. 
