Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 1. köide,2. number1810 - 399 pages |
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Page 403
... less than the denominator , it is called a proper fraction . 3. If the numerator is not lefs than the denominator , it is called an improper fraction . 4. If one part of a quantity is an integer , and the o- ther a fraction , it is ...
... less than the denominator , it is called a proper fraction . 3. If the numerator is not lefs than the denominator , it is called an improper fraction . 4. If one part of a quantity is an integer , and the o- ther a fraction , it is ...
Page 408
... less ob- vious ; but as they cannot be described in particular rules , the algebraical expreffion of them is befl explain- ed by examples , and muft be acquired by experience . A } 33-100 + } 7 10102 = 14800 | 11 408 Part I. ALGEBRA .
... less ob- vious ; but as they cannot be described in particular rules , the algebraical expreffion of them is befl explain- ed by examples , and muft be acquired by experience . A } 33-100 + } 7 10102 = 14800 | 11 408 Part I. ALGEBRA .
Page 411
... less complicated . ( See Ex . 3. 7. and 9. ) SECT . II . General Solution of Problems . In the folutions of the queftions in the preceding 411 tions . part , the given quantities ( being numbers ) difappear Of Equa in the last ...
... less complicated . ( See Ex . 3. 7. and 9. ) SECT . II . General Solution of Problems . In the folutions of the queftions in the preceding 411 tions . part , the given quantities ( being numbers ) difappear Of Equa in the last ...
Page 417
... less than a , and yet a — x may be pofitive ; and hence a - xXx = ax - x2 may alfo be positive , and may be equal to a given pofitive quantity b2 : therefore the square root of x2 - ax + a may be either x - a orax , and both these ...
... less than a , and yet a — x may be pofitive ; and hence a - xXx = ax - x2 may alfo be positive , and may be equal to a given pofitive quantity b2 : therefore the square root of x2 - ax + a may be either x - a orax , and both these ...
Page 419
... less number had been called x ' , the equation would not have had fractional exponents . CHAP . VI . Of Indeterminate Problems . IT was formerly obferved ( Chap . III . ) , that if there are more unknown quantities in a queftion than ...
... less number had been called x ' , the equation would not have had fractional exponents . CHAP . VI . Of Indeterminate Problems . IT was formerly obferved ( Chap . III . ) , that if there are more unknown quantities in a queftion than ...
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