Calendar: 1865-1866 Page 538

540 GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE Take ך-ן-- from ך- -י ר- χ χ7 χ -χ1 bill of £26 15s was paid with half-guineas and crowns and the number of half-guineas exceeded the number of crowns by 17 How many were there of each Solve the equation χ x3 Find χ and when 16 χ 6y 128 -18 217 8x 3y lOg lOy -35 54 2y 3y -1 Describe the method of solving the quadratic equation ax -bx Show that the sum of the roots and their product Ex Λ 2JL -3 10 Find ζ when y-1 11 and in trade gained £100 Half of rstock was less than B's by £100 and A's gain was yths of Β's stock What did each put into stock and what are the respective shares of the gain 12 One number exceeds another by and the product of the sum by the difference of their squares is 14 560 Find the numbers 13 Find value of χ which will satisfy the equation- χ γΛ3 3s -f- 14 Resolve x2 21 xy lly2 χ 34y into two simple factors