A Review of Algebra

by Romeyn Henry Rivenburg

11. A and B each shoot thirty arrows at a target. B makes twice as many hits as A, and A makes three times as many misses as B. Find the number of hits and misses of each. (Univ. of Cal.)

Reference: The chapter on Radicals in any algebra (first part of the chapter).

The most important principle in Radicals is the following:

Hence

Or,

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