arithmetical progression
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"It is quite impossible," says Darwin, "for any arithmetical progression to fight against a geometrical progression."
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Since 1920 Walgreen's growth has almost been an arithmetical progression.
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In an arithmetical progression Find a and l.
From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry
Learn to derive the three formulas in arithmetical progression: 2.
From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry
But the products of the earth increase only in an arithmetical progression, and in fifty years the food supply would be too small for the demand.
From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell)