| Charles Hutton - 1788 - 728 pages
...9. A may-pole, whofe top was broken off by a blaft of wind, ftruck the ground at 1 5 feet diftance from the foot of the pole : what was the height of the whole may-pole, fuppofing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet ? Anf. 75 feet. QUEST. 10. Suppofe the breadth... | |
| Charles Hutton - 1807 - 464 pages
...21 feet high, on the other side : required the breadth of the street ? Ans. 56-649 feet. EXAM. ix. A maypole, whose top was broken off by a blast of...was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the broken piece to measure 39 feet in length ? Ans. 75 feet. EXAM. x. At 170 feet distance from the bottom... | |
| Charles Hutton - 1811 - 494 pages
...38. The top of a may-pole, being broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 10 feet distmce from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of...maypole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 26 feet? Ans. 50 feet, QUEST. 39. Seven men bought a grinding stone, of 60 Inches diameter, each paying... | |
| Charles Hutton - 1811 - 442 pages
...38. The top of a may-pole, being broken olFby a blast of wind, struck the ground at 10 feet distince from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the whole may-. pole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 26 feet? Ans. 50 feet. QUEST. 39. Seven... | |
| Thomas Keith - 1817 - 306 pages
...MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS. 29. The upper end of a May-pole was broken off l,ya blast of wind, and, in foiling, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the foot of the part standing, the broken piece was 39 feet in length, what was the length of the May-pole ? , Ans,... | |
| Charles Hutton - 1822 - 616 pages
...breadth of the street ? Ans. 66-649 feet. EXAM. ix. A maypole, whose top was broken off by a blast •f wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the...was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the broken piece to measure 39 feet in length ? Ans. 75 feet. EXAM. x. At 170 feet distance from the bottom... | |
| Peter Nicholson - 1825 - 1046 pages
...may-pole, whose top was broken off by the wind, struck the ground at la feet distance from the bottom of the pole; what was the height of the whole may-pole,...supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet? 145. — What will the diameter of a globe be, when its solidity and superficial content are equal... | |
| John Bonnycastle - 1829 - 256 pages
...----- - ' _.. =z^. — —I - — — . — — . 24 4 23. A may-pole, whose top was broken off Tiy a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the bottom of the pole : what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the length of the broken piece... | |
| Charles Hutton - 1831 - 632 pages
...breadth of the street ? Ans. 56-649 feet EXAM. ix. A maypole, whose top was broken off by a lila- 1 of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from...was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the broken piece to measure 39 feet in length ? Ans. 75 feet. EXAM. x. At 170 feet distance from the bottom... | |
| Charles Hutton - 1831 - 660 pages
...21 feet high, on the other side : required the breadth of the street ? Ans. 56-649 feet. EXAM. ix. A maypole, whose top was broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 16 feet distance from the foot of the pole : what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the... | |
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