762 THE HOME, FARM AND BUSINESS CYCLOPAEDIA, 



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36 yards cloth @ $1.75. Multiply by 2 and deduct , thus : 



$63 

 29 

 29 " @ $1.62. Add and to the whole, thus : 14.50 



$47.12 

 114.50 

 $1.50. Add J, thus : 57.25 



$171.75 



37.75 

 37| " @ 1.25. Add , thus: 9.44 



$47.19 

 83 

 83 " " @ $1.20. Add i, thus : 16.60 



$99.60 

 50 " " @$1.18. Find i'of $118=$59 



114 

 75 " " @$1.14. Deduct from $114, of that amount, thus: 28.50 



$85.50 

 24 

 24 " @ $95c. Deduct^ from $24, thus: 1.20 



$22.80 

 68.50 

 68 " " @ 75c. Deduct , thus : 17. 12 



$51.38 



23 

 46 " " @ 55c. Find J and add the same T \y, thus : 2.30 



$25.30 

 16 

 32 " " @ 45c. Find \ and deduct J ff , thus : l.GO 



$14.40 

 96 " " @ 25c. Find j of $96=$24. 



The reasons for making the computations in this manner will at once be 

 apparent, from the fact that when the price is either more or less than $1, 

 the fractional part of a dollar is either taken from, or added to, the amount 

 that the sum would be if @ $1 per yard. It is sometimes more convenient 



