 | Bewick Bridge - 1821 - 648 Seiten
...that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6.cb) Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means of that proportion. 98. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following manner, viz.... | |
 | Pierce Morton - 1830 - 584 Seiten
...thus written, A : В : : С : D. te " A is to В as С is to D." Of a proportion, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means ; thus A, D are the extremes, and В, С the means, of the proportion A : B: : С : D. The terms A and С... | |
 | George Peacock - 1830 - 732 Seiten
...algebraical mode of expressing the proportion a : b :: c : d, or c : d :: a : b; in the first of which, a and d are the extremes, and b and c the means ; and in the second, c and b are the extremes, and </ and a the means. Continued 372. If the two mean... | |
 | 1835 - 684 Seiten
...thus written, A : В : : С : D. ie " A is to В as С is to D." Of a proportion, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means ; thus A, D are the extremes, and В, С the means, of the proportion A : B; : С : D. The terms A and С... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy - 1837 - 644 Seiten
...antecedents of the analogy, (or of the proportion) and the steps b and d being called the consequents, while a and d are the extremes and b and c the means. And since the last of these four steps, or the second consequent d, may, by (168.), be expressed by... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy - 1837 - 642 Seiten
...antecedents of the analogy, (or of the proportion) and the steps b and a being called the consequents, while a and d are the extremes and b and c the means. And since the last of these four steps, or the second consequent d, may, by (168.), be expressed by... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1839 - 264 Seiten
...first and last terms are called the two extremes, and the second and third terms, thfe two means. Thus, A and D are the extremes, and B and C the means. 146. Of four proportional quantities, the first and third are called the antecedents, and the second... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - 1839 - 280 Seiten
...that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6. :" Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of that proportion. 06. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following manner, viz.... | |
 | John D. Williams - 1840 - 634 Seiten
...words, that 12 : 4 : : 18 : 6.* Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of that proportion. 79. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following manner, viz.... | |
 | John D. Williams - 1840 - 216 Seiten
...words, that 12 : 4 : ; 18 : 6.* Of the four terms of which every proportion consists, the first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third the means, of that proportion. 79. If there be a set of quantities related together in the following manner, viz.... | |
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Terms of the proportion. The first and fourth terms are called the Extremes, and the second and third the Means. 
