Hints and answers; being a key to a collection of Cambridge mathematical examination papers, as proposed at the several colleges. Part 1.- containing Euclid, arthimetic, and algebra

John Martin Frederick Wright

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HINTS AND ANSWERS;
BEING A
KEY
ATO COLLECTION OF
CAMBRIDGE MATHEMATICAL
EXAMINATION PAPERS,
AS PROPOSED AT
THE SEVERAL COLLEGES.
ISY
J. M. F. B. A.WRIGHT,
AUTHOR OF THE PRIVATE ATUTOR, TRANSLATION OF NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA,
SECTIONS I. II. III., &C. &C. &C.
PART I.
CONTAINING EUCLID, ANDARITHMETIC, ALGEBRA.
CAMBRIDGE :
PRINTED FOR W. P. GRANT,
AND SOLD DY
WHITTAKER & ANDCO., SIMPKIN * MARSHALL, LONDON
1831.H>
:CAMBRIDGE
STREET.ST. MARY'SPRINTED ET W. METCALFE,FAC E.PRE
not Hints for the solu-This work comprises only
butof the more difficult oftion questions,parts
de-for over and above theAnswers all, complete
intricate. Theof of the mostvelopement many
is bestowedfull or upon nearlyproof, investigation,
andall the last five Problems EquationsAlgebraic
at St. John'sin each of those given Collegepapers
of seven thesewhich consistsinvariably questions,
difficult of treat-been found farmorepapers having
at other In-ment than Colleges.any proposed
also have been somewhatquestions fullyteresting
and the shortestsolved and ;exemplified practical
methods have been onconstantly suggested every
available occasion. so much hasNotwithstanding
been done for the the work does notstudent, greatly
bulk of theexceed double the them-questions
selves.
almost suoerfluous to direct students inIt were
use of these aids. Let nothe Hint, Answer,proper
or Solution be referred before the student'sto,
own efforts have failed. A re-patient entirely
ference then be with theadvantageousmay equallyIV PREFACE,
of a tutor. But benefit will accrueless inhelp
to the Toproportion contrary being practised.
at whose aim is toschool,boys only get through
their are detrimental but to studentstasks, ;Keys
at an where honours and rewardsUniversity, high
await success at theExaminations,distinguished
motives will bedifferent,being essentially they
rendered to account at those wholeast,good by
value their own inprogress knowledge.
As the of or Arithme-subjects Euclid,Geometry
tic and form a of the studiesAlgebra, principal part
for the of as well as for the Examina-B.A.,degree
tion of it is the volume willFreshmen, presumed
not unwelcome to thoseprove Undergraduates,
who are considered the of"non-reading" portion
the University.
"
Another Hints andvolume, Answerscontaining
in and the Calculus" isTrigonometry, Differential
in and will beprogress, speedily published.
Christ'sHouse,Trinity Piece, Cambridge.
Marrli 1, 1831.
BOOKS REFERRED TO.
Euclid's Elements. Simsoris.
Self-Examinations in Euclid.Wright's
CresweU's Maxima and Minima.
Bland's Geometrical Problems.
Pure Arithmetic.Wright's
Wood's Algebra.
Private Tutor.Wright's
Barlow's of Numbers.Theory