loC . ALGtBRA. 



4. Required the ' product of ~ and 4^. Ans. -2^ , 



5. Rec^uiied the product of t-^-— and — . 



. ao-4-L\s 



Ans. — i — -4 



^; Required the prbdiict of ^~t — ^^'^^^ ' • , - 





7. Required the product of x, — •^— and ' j. 



a a -Yo 



Ans. 



PROBLEM IX. 

 21? divide one fractional quantity by another^ 



RULE,* 



Multiply the denominator of the divisor by the numer- 

 ator of the dividend for a new numerator, and the nu- 

 merator 



* I. If the fractions to be divided have a common dcnomi*». 

 nator, take the numerator of the dividend for a new numerator, 

 and the numerator of the divisor for the denominator. 



2. When a fraction is to be divided by any quantity, it is the 

 same thing, whether the numerator be divided by it, or the de- 

 nominator multiplied by It. 



3. When the two numerators, or the two denominators, can be 

 divided by some common quantity, that quantity may be thrown 

 out of e^h, and the quotitnW used instead oi' the factions P^rst- 

 proposed* 



