 | Jacques Ozanam - 1803 - 548 Seiten
...gentleman taking a fancy to a horse, -which a horsedealer wished to dispose of at as high a price as ht could, the latter, to induce the gentleman to become...for the second, four for the third, and so on to the twenty -fourth, The gentleman, thinking he should have a good bargain, accepted the offer : What -was... | |
 | Charles Vyse - 1806 - 342 Seiten
...them ? (2) A Maii bought a Horse, and by Agreement was to give what the last Nail would come to, at a Farthing for the first Nail, two for the second, four for the third, &c. There were 4 Shoes, and 9 Nails in each Shoe. I demand the Price of the Horse ? PROPOSITION II.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1815 - 250 Seiten
....3ns. £ 1773 7s. &d, rejecting remainders. 8. A man bought a horse, and by agreement was to give a farthing for the first nail, two for the second, four for the third, &c. There were four shoes, and eight nails in each shoe ; what did the horse come to at that rate ?... | |
 | Charles Vyse - 1815 - 340 Seiten
...them? (2) A man bought a horse, and by agreement was to give what tht last nail would come to, at a farthing for the first nail, two for the second, four for the third, &c. There were 4 shoes, and Q nails in each shoe. I demand the price of the horse. PROPOSITION IL In... | |
 | William Enfield (M.A.) - 1821 - 302 Seiten
...perhaps on the globe of the earth. Another problem of the same kind is proposed in the following manner : A gentleman, taking a fancy to a horse, which a horse-dealer...he should have a good bargain, accepted the offer : what was the price of the horse ? By calculating as before, the twenty-fourth term of the progression... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - 1822 - 200 Seiten
...4d. a bush. 8. What sum would purchase a horse with 4 shoes, and 8 nails in each shoe, at one cent for the first nail, two for the second, four for the third, &c. doubling to the last ? Ans. $ 42,949,672 95cts. 4. Admit a goldsmith sold one lb. of gold, at 1... | |
 | William Kinne - 1829 - 246 Seiten
...the whole cqme to-? " Ans. $11 1848, 1 0ets. 3. A man bought a horse, and by agreement was to give a farthing for the first nail, two for the second, four for the third, &c. There were four shoes, and eight nails in each shoe ; — What did the horse come to at that rate... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1829 - 252 Seiten
...Ans. £1773 7s. 6d. rejecting remainders, 8. A man bought a horse, and by agreement, was to gire a farthing for the first nail, two for the second, four for the third, &c. There were four shoes, and eight nails in each shoe ; what did the horse come to at that rate 1... | |
 | William Kinne - 1831 - 248 Seiten
...what did the whole come to? Ans. $H184S,10cts. 3. A man bought a horse, and by agreement was to give a farthing for the first nail, two for the second, four for the third, &c. There were four shoes, and eight nails in each shoe ;—What did the horse come to at that rate... | |
 | George Alfred - 1834 - 336 Seiten
...i 1.5-1.=.5)6593.75000 Answer $13187.50,00 4. A man bought a horse, ana by agreement was to give a farthing for the first nail, two for the second, four for the third, &л.; there were 4 shoes and 8 nails in each shoe ; I demand what the horse is worth at that rate ?... | |
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... for the value of the twenty-fourth nail in his shoes, reckoning one farthing for the first nail, two for the second, four for the third, and so on to the twenty-fourth. 
