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At 5½ per Cent, what will 347 lib. 13 sh. 4 d. pay per Annum?
In this lesson, observe, that tho' all the Numbers be of one Denomination or kind of things, yet (the 5½ L. falling under a different Notion, to wit, that of Interest; whereas the other two, to wit, the Cent. or 100, and 347 L. 13sh. 4 d. are Principal Summs) the 5½ is the Singular Number, and so 100 is the Divisor.
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In this you have 6 Decimals in the Answer to wit, four for those of the Coe∣fficients, and two for the Cyphers of the Divisor.