 | Joseph Bateman - 1852 - 376 pàgines
...cases, whether the question relates to whole or mixcd numbers or to decimals, and is as follows: — Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first ; the quoticnt is the answer.* * This rule was formerly ealled the " Rule of Thrce," beeause, in ench... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 pàgines
...number named in connection with it for the first term, and the remaining number for the second term. II. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term : Or, Multiply the third term by the ratio of the first and second. NOTES. — 1. If the first... | |
 | William Frederick Greenfield - 1853 - 228 pàgines
...the first and second, or the first and third, terms have any common divisor, divide them hy it. 6. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. 7. The quotient will be the answer required, in the denomination to which the third term was reJuced,... | |
 | William Scott - 1854 - 232 pàgines
...less the consequent : then, having reduced the antecedent and consequent to the same denomination, multiply the second and third terms together and divide the product by the first. The result is the fourth term of the proportion, or the answer to the question. When the conditions... | |
 | John Budge - 1854 - 248 pàgines
...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 ? 9)3920 Answer 435... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1854 - 192 pàgines
...second terms to the same denomination, and to the lowest denomination mentioned in either of them. 3. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term; the result will be he fourth term, or answer, in the same denomination to which the third term... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - 1855 - 388 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1855 - 628 pàgines
...corresponding element of the other cause the second term, and the remaining clement thc third term : then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by thf firtt. If 4 men can dig a ditch in 9 days, how many days will it require 18 men to dig it? Sailing... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1856 - 334 pàgines
...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... | |
 | William Smyth - 1856 - 264 pàgines
...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.... | |
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... 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 ftie third term. 
