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If 2 of any thing cost 8 sh. then 6 will cost 24. s. for if you Extend your Compasses from 2 to 8, that same distance will reach from 6 to 24, the Question; or if you Extend your Compasses from the first Number to the third Number, that same Extent will reach from the se∣cond number to the fourth, which was the thing sought.
Extend your Compasses from 2 to 6, that same Extent will reach from 8 to 24, the Question as before, &c.