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REDUCTION OF DECIMALS.
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EiAMPLRS.
1. Reduce 1 dwt to the decimal of a lb.
Ans. -004166, &c. lb.
2. Reduce 9d to the decimal of a pound. Ans. -0375 /.
3. Reduce 7 drams to the decimal of a lb avoird.
Ans. -02734375 lb.
4. Reduce -26rf to the decimal of a l.
Ans. -0010833. &c. I
5. Reduce 2-15 lb to the decimal of a cwt.
Ans. -019196+cwt.
6. Reduce 24 yards to the decimal of a mile.
Ans. -013636, &c. miles.
7. Reduce -056 poles to the decimal of an acre.
Ans. -00035 ac.
8. Reduce 1-2 pints of wine to the decimal of a hhd.
Ans. -00238+hhd.
9. Reduce 14 minutes to the decimal of a day.
Ans. -009722, &c. da.
L0. Redute -21 pints to the decimal of a peck.
Ans. -013125 pec.
Cass II.
A compound number may be reduced to a superior name
• reducing each of its parts, and taking the sum of the de-
nals ;.the best way to do which is thus:
Write the given numbers under each other, proceeding
derly from the least to the greatest name, for. dividends ;
aw a perpendicular line on the left of these, and on the
t of it write opposite to each dividend such a number, for
livisor,' as will reduce it to the next superior name ; then
gin with the upper division, and affix the quotient of each
the next dividend, as a decimal part of it, before it be
i nded, and the last sum will be the answer.
Examples.
1. Reduce 3/ 12s 6\d to the denomination of pounds.
4 3
12 6-75
20 12-5625
3-628125 Ans.