 | 1801 - 446 pages
...sixth power of 5•03 ? 6. What is the second power of y ? Aiis. -|> EVOLUTION. THE ROOT of any given number, or power, is such a number as, being multiplied...by itself a certain number of times, will produce the power ; and it is denominated the first, second, third, fourth, &e. root, respectively, as the... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - 1809 - 426 pages
...3£ or Vf is VXV = VV = u TT= i EVOLUTION, EXTRACTION OF ROOTS. DEFINITION. I HE root of any given number, or power, is such a number, as being multiplied...by itself a certain number of times, will produce the power ; and it is denominated the first, second, third, fourth, &c. root respectively, as the number... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1811 - 406 pages
...EVOLUTION, or the reverse of Involution, is the extracting or finding the roots of any given powers. The root of any number, or power, is such a number, as being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root or 2d root... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1812 - 274 pages
...tight times as great ct the cube of half that number. EVOLUTION1. EV0LUTI0N is the method of extracting roots.* The root of any number, or power, is such a number, as being multiplied into itself once, or oftener, produces that power: thus 3 is the square root of 9, because 3 multiplied... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1812 - 620 pages
...EVOLUTION, or the reverse of Involution, is the extracting •or finding the roots of any given powers. The root of any number, or power, is such a number, as .being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root or 2d root... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - 1813 - 228 pages
...10190,005304479729. в What is the eighth power of ¡ ' ' EVOLUTION: OR THE EXTRACTING OF ROOTS. - v THE root of any number, or power, is such a number, as, being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus 2 is the squareroot of 4, because... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1822 - 616 pages
...EVOLUTION', or ^he reverse of Involution, is the extracting or finding the roots of any given power*. The root of any number, or power, is such a number, as being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root or 2d root... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - 1822 - 200 pages
...is the sixth power.of 5.03 ? Ans. 16196,00530447972(£ EVOLUTION: : OR, THE EXTRACTING OF ROOTS. i root of any number or power, is such a number as being ilied into itsetf a certain number of times will produce that . Thus, 2 f*the square root of 4, because... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - 1824 - 224 pages
...of 5,03 ? answer 10190,005304479729 6 What is the eighth power of 3$ ? EVOLUTION: OR THE EXTRACTING OF ROOTS. THE root of any number, or power, is such a number, as, being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus 2 is the squareroot of 4, because... | |
 | John Penrose (teacher of arithmetic.) - 1824 - 320 pages
...the square root of any number or uumberi which immediately follow it, 'CUBE ROOT. THE cube or third root of any number or. power- is such a number as being multiplied by itself, and then again into the product ; or being multiplied by its square or second power will produce the... | |
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The root of any number, or power, is such a number, as .being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root or... 
