TARp AND TRJ&TT. IS^2 



QAGE. I. ' 



Jy'hen the Ur^ is a certain iveight per box, barrel^ or hag, tS'c. 



Multiply the number oi boxes, or barrels, Sec. by the 

 ^are, and subtract tJie product from the gro^s, and the re- 

 jnaiudev is the net weight requiretl. 



EX A^IP 1,5:5. 



t. In 7 frails of raisins, each weighing 5cwt. 2qr«. 51b. 

 .gloss, tare 231b. per frail, hpw ipuch net ? 

 23X7=icwt. i^r. 2ilb. 



cwt. qrs.lb, 



^525 



38 3 7 gross, 

 I I Si I ;:ai:e. 



37 I 14 the answer. 



. ^. In 241 barrels of figs, each 3qr3. 191b. grosfr, tare 



lolb. per barrel, how many pounds net ? Ans, 224I3, 



3. What is the net weight of 14 hogsheads of tobaccoj 



each 5cwt. 2qrs. 171b. gross, tare loolb. per hhd. ? ' * 



Ans. 66c wt. 2qr3. 14IL 



€ASE II. 

 Whe7i the tar€ is a certain iweigkt per c-:i-i. 



RULE. 



Divide the gross weight by the aliquGt part;^, -of a cwc, 

 contained in the tare, and subtract the quotient from the 

 ^rqss, and the remainder is the net weight. 



EXAMPLES. 



^ It is manifest, th^t t|iis, as well a* every other ci-^e in tliis 

 f ulo, is only an application of the rules of proportioa nn.! practic. 



