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24] and these with an additional $1/undefined$ make 1; for applied to 45 these fractions are equal to

11$1/undefined$5$1/undefined$$1/undefined$54$1/undefined$1$1/undefined$1$1/undefined$1and 15.

SECTION V

Problem 24

''A quantity and its $1/undefined$ added together éecome 19. What is the quantity?''

Assume 7.

As many times as 8 must be multiplied to give 19, so many times 7 must be multiplied to give the required number. Do it thus: