Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 1. köide,2. number1810 - 399 pages |
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Page 401
... letter or letters . Examp . To 5ab 3aa - ab Add 4ab 7aa - zab 4na - 5ab Sum 9ab 14aa - 8ab . PROB . II . To fubtract Quantities General Rule . Change the figns of the quantity to be fubtracted into the contrary figns , and then add it ...
... letter or letters . Examp . To 5ab 3aa - ab Add 4ab 7aa - zab 4na - 5ab Sum 9ab 14aa - 8ab . PROB . II . To fubtract Quantities General Rule . Change the figns of the quantity to be fubtracted into the contrary figns , and then add it ...
Page 402
... letter or letters in the divifor are to be ex- punged out of each term in the dividend , and the coefficients of each term to be divided by the co- efficient of the divifor ; the quantity refulting is the quotient . Def . 15. A vinculum ...
... letter or letters in the divifor are to be ex- punged out of each term in the dividend , and the coefficients of each term to be divided by the co- efficient of the divifor ; the quantity refulting is the quotient . Def . 15. A vinculum ...
Page 403
... letters ; and thofe of the divifor , according to the powers of the fame letter . Thus , if a ' + 2ab + b is the dividend , and a + h the divifor , they are ranged according to the powers of a . 2. The first term of the dividend is to ...
... letters ; and thofe of the divifor , according to the powers of the fame letter . Thus , if a ' + 2ab + b is the dividend , and a + h the divifor , they are ranged according to the powers of a . 2. The first term of the dividend is to ...
Page 404
... letter . The fimple divifors in the given quantities , or in the remainders , do not affect a compound divifor which is wanted ; and hence alfo , to make the divifion fucceed , any of the dividends may be multiplied by a fimple quantity ...
... letter . The fimple divifors in the given quantities , or in the remainders , do not affect a compound divifor which is wanted ; and hence alfo , to make the divifion fucceed , any of the dividends may be multiplied by a fimple quantity ...
Page 408
... letters , and the rela- tions of the known and unknown quantities con- tained in it , or the conditions of it , as they are call- ed , muft be expreffed by equations . Thefe equa- tions being refolved by the rules of this fcience , will ...
... letters , and the rela- tions of the known and unknown quantities con- tained in it , or the conditions of it , as they are call- ed , muft be expreffed by equations . Thefe equa- tions being refolved by the rules of this fcience , will ...
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