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Helping Ada Lovelace with her Homework: Classroom Exercises from a Victorian Calculus Course – Solution to Rule of Three Problem
In this Rule of Three problem, \(a=750\), \(b=22,500\), and \(c=1200\). Therefore,
\[x=\frac{22,500 \times 1200}{750}=36,000.\]
Return to Main Solutions Page.
Continue to Somerville's solution of the trigonometry problem.
Adrian Rice (Randolph-Macon College), "Helping Ada Lovelace with her Homework: Classroom Exercises from a Victorian Calculus Course – Solution to Rule of Three Problem," Convergence (September 2021)
