Elementary And Practical Algebra in Which Have Been Attempted Improvements in G
Elementary And Practical Algebra in Which Have Been Attempted Improvements in G
James B Dodd
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Ans. A $100, B $50, C $ 1 50. 23. A gentleman spends -§- of his yearly income in board and lodging, •§• of the remainder in clothes, and then has $20 left. What is the amount of his income ? Ans. $180. 24. A person at the time he was married, was 3 times as old as his wife, but 15 years afterwards he was only twice as old. What were their ages on their wedding day ? Ans. 45 and 15 years. 25. Two persons, A and B, lay out equal sums of money in trade ; the first gains $126, and the second loses ...$87, and A's money is now double of B's ; what did each lay out 1 Ans. $300. 26. A courier, who travels 60 miles a day, had been dispatched 5 days, when a second is sent to overtake him, who goes 75 miles a day, in what time will he overtake him ? Ans. 20 days. 27. An island is 60 miles in circumference, and two persons start together to travel the same way around it : A goes 1 5 miles a day ; and B 20 ; in what time would the two come together again 1 Ans. 12 days. 28. A man and his wife usually drank out a cask of beer in 12 days, but when the man was from home it lasted the woman 30 days ; how many days would the man alone be in drinking it 1 Let x be the number of days ; then — is the part that he would drink in 1 day ; and since the woman would drink ^ of it in 1 day, the equation will be h — = —, the part both would drink in 1 day.
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