Ka Nonanona, Volume I, Number 17, 15 Pepeluali 1842 — Page 81

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na lio hookahi hane re." E hai mai ka haumana ike i ka helu, ehia mau lia ia Kapaekukui? Penei e hana'i.
                He w ka hoailona o ka mea ike ole ia, oia hoi na lio ia Kapaekukui, alaila he w + w + w/2 = 2 w/2 = 5w/2: alaila o ka 7 w/2 = 15w/2 e hoolawe ia nolooko mai o ka haneri, a penei e hana'i, 100w x 2w/2 = 200w/s - 15w/2 = 135w/2; alaila 185w/2 e puunaue i ka 5w/2, penei e hana'i, 135w/2 ÷ 5w/2 = 37, oia ko ka w hookahi, oia hoi na lio ia Kapaekukui he 37 lio. Ninau mai paha kekahi, nohea la hoi i loaa mai ai kela 5w/2? eia, aia ia Kapaekukui i poe lio, a 2 hapalua malaila, oia hoi 2w/2,, a i aku la ia. "Ina oe i haawi mai i kekahi poe e like me neia," a he mea okoa no ia; nolaila, 2 hapalua, oia keia, 2/2 me 2/2 4 ia hapalua, oia hoi keia 2w/2 + 2w/2 = 4w/2; a i hou aku no o Kapaekukui, "A e haawi mai hoi alike alike me ia," oia hoi he hapalua kana i noi ai, a penei ka hana ana, 2/2 me 2/2 1/2 loaa mai 3/2 a oia hoi keia 2w/2 + 2w/2 + w/2 = 5w/2; a eia hoi keia o 2/2 hookahi ia mea okoa, a o 2/2 hookahi no ia mea okoa, a o 1/2 hookahi no ia hapalua, a loaa mai 2 1/2, a oia hoi keia w + w + w/2 = 2 w/2 = 5w/2, oia ka mea i puunaue ia, hana hoailona helu ia. Aka, ma ka hana maoli ana, peneia,
                E hoolilo ia 100 i mau hapalua, loaa mai 200 hapalua; a e hoolilo hoi i ka 7 1/2 i mau hapalua, loaa mai he 15 hapalua; alaila e hoolawe ia 15 hapalua noloko mai o 200, koe 185 hapalua, a ia Kapaekukui hoi hookahi poe lio okoa, elua hapalua malaila; a noi hou aku ia i hookahi poe hou a me ka hapalua, oia ekolu ia hapalua, hui mai me 2 hapalua loaa mai 5 hapalua, a puunaue ka 5 hapalua iloko o 185 hapalua loaa mai he 37. Oia na lio ia Kapaekukui, no ka mea, ua like na hua ma ka mahele 5 hapalua, a me 185 hapalua, nolaila, i ka puunaue ana a loaa mai he me okoa wale no, a ina i koe aku, he hapa no ka mea i puunaue ia.
Na'u na KAUWAHI.

                AUHEA OUKOU, e na Lunapaahao a me na Konohiki o OAHU NEI A PUNI; eia ko'u manao hoakaka aku ia oukou, no ka poe hele ole i na KOELE o oukou, o ka HAPAWALU ka uku pono e like me ke Kanawai, aoao 69, pauku 13; MAI hoole oukou i ka Hapawalu a ka mea noho, me ko oukou lohe mua.
M. KEKUANAOA.

                O ko'u manao no hoi ia.
KELIIAHONUI.

KOLOA, Ianuari 29, 1842.
                Aloha oe e Limaikaika; e hoakaka aku ana au ia oe i ka uku o na kumu ao ma Kauai nei. He 50 dala ka kekahi poe, a he 30 ka kekahi poe a he 20 ka kekahi poe, pela ka uku ana i na kumu a pau ma Kauai nei a puni. A ua haawi aku na kumu i ka palapala i na lunaauhau, a o na lunaauhau olelo pu me ke Kiaaina, a hoole mai, aole dala, aole waiwai o ka poalua. Eia ka mea kupanaha, he waiwai no, no ke aha la ka loaa ole mai? Ke hoomanawanui nei na kumu i keia mau malama, me ka ohumu e haalele i ka hana no ka uku ole ia mai, a pela io no ko makou manao.
                Ua palapala mai no kekahi kumu ao ma Honolulu ia makou, aole ka he loaa mai o ka uku, a ua ohumu no ka hoi lakou e haalele e like me makou nei. Ua pau keia.
Na KAELEMAKULE.

NO KA HEENALU, A ME KONA INO.
Makua, Waianae, Oahu, Ianuari 24, 1842.

                E Mataio Kekuanaoa e; Aloha oe. Ke hoike aku nei au ia oe i kekahi