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... fractions , and of ratios , and the doc- trine of roots and powers , are all beautiful in them- selves , and prepare the student for entering uponthe more general subject of Algebra . That science , as far as relates merely to numbers ...
... fractions , and of ratios , and the doc- trine of roots and powers , are all beautiful in them- selves , and prepare the student for entering uponthe more general subject of Algebra . That science , as far as relates merely to numbers ...
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... Fractions is the ad- ding of several fractions into one sum . 1. If the fractions are of differ- ent denominations ... fraction , ber from them to the conterminous 1 , and 4 . 35 14 10 70 70 First , 70 35 14 10 59 then , + + 70 70 70 ...
... Fractions is the ad- ding of several fractions into one sum . 1. If the fractions are of differ- ent denominations ... fraction , ber from them to the conterminous 1 , and 4 . 35 14 10 70 70 First , 70 35 14 10 59 then , + + 70 70 70 ...
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... Fractions , reduce to a common de- nominator , and then add the nu- merators for the sum required . EXAMPLES . 1. Add together 5a 6b2 За 3a2 5c + 6b2 46 1265 10ab3a29a2b2 5c · • 5c 1263 1263 46 12631263 10ab 9ab2 5c 10ab + 9a2b2 + 5c + ...
... Fractions , reduce to a common de- nominator , and then add the nu- merators for the sum required . EXAMPLES . 1. Add together 5a 6b2 За 3a2 5c + 6b2 46 1265 10ab3a29a2b2 5c · • 5c 1263 1263 46 12631263 10ab 9ab2 5c 10ab + 9a2b2 + 5c + ...
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... fraction m and M being d m = D M , the height of the mercury at the earth's surface , and at the altitude A ; also , since six feet is equal one fathom , the same formula may be otherwise expressed thus : m A 10000 log . fathoms ; M ...
... fraction m and M being d m = D M , the height of the mercury at the earth's surface , and at the altitude A ; also , since six feet is equal one fathom , the same formula may be otherwise expressed thus : m A 10000 log . fathoms ; M ...
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... fraction and parallax ; and that of terrestrial objects , by refraction . See those words . object seeming still more and more round and smooth . APPARENT Motion , is either that motion which we perceive in a distant body that moves ...
... fraction and parallax ; and that of terrestrial objects , by refraction . See those words . object seeming still more and more round and smooth . APPARENT Motion , is either that motion which we perceive in a distant body that moves ...
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