 | Calvin Tracy - 1842 - 306 pages
...thirteen in number. We have, then, the following rule for solving sums like the preceding: — iittlt, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one. The quotient will be the common difference. 2. A man, in N feeble health, commenced a journey, and... | |
 | Charles Waterhouse - 1842 - 180 pages
...term, last term, and number of terms given, to find the common difference; or, sum of all the terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1, the quotient will be the. difference. Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, half... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1842 - 320 pages
...•*- 5= 5 years, the common difference. A. 5 years. 11. Hence, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 12. If the extremes be 3 and 23, and the number... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1843 - 254 pages
...Ans. 33 miles. The first term, last term, and number o/" terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. A man bought 17 yards of cloth in arithmetical... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1843 - 320 pages
...then, 25-^5= 5 years, the common difference. A. 5 years. 11. Hence, to find the common difference, —Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will 1>e the common difference. 12. If the extremes be 3 and 23, and the number... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1843 - 340 pages
...PROBLEM I. The first term, last term, and the number of terms being given, to find the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms yt diffe less one, and the quotient is the common difference. 1. The extremes are 3 and 45, and the... | |
 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 pages
...terms, to find their common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes, by the uumber of terms less one, and the quotient will be the common difference. EXAMPLES. 1. The first and last terms of the series are 2 and 17, and the number of terms 6. Required... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 258 pages
...Then the difference of the extremes 24, must be 8 times the common difference, which is therefore 3. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the...and the quotient will be the common difference. This difference repeatedly added to the less, or subtracted from the greater term, will give the intermediate... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 246 pages
...Then the difference of the extremes 24, must be 8 times the common difference, which is therefore 3. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the...and the quotient will be the common difference. This difference repeatedly added to the less, or subtracted from the greater term, will give the intermediate... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1844 - 352 pages
...term, last term, and the number of terms being given, to find the common difference. RULE. JDivide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one, and the quotient is the common difference. 1. The extremes are 3 and 45, and the number of terms is 22. What is the... | |
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Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 
