of his debt. What was his first payment?

4. If 4 quantities are in proportion and the second is a mean proportional between the third and fourth, prove that the third will be a mean prop. between the first and second.

5. In the expansion of

the ratio of the fourth term to the fifth is

Find x.

6. Two men A and B can together do a piece of work in 12 days; B would need 10 days more than A to do the whole work. How many days would it take A alone to do the work?

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