THE ARITHMETICAL PROBLEM.
Correspondence.
To the Editor of the Daily SoutherhOross. jg ! Sir,— ln your paper of Thursday, October 21, I see the following question proposed, "to exercise the ingenuity of those interested iu such matters," viz., "A tailor purchased a number of yar d s of cloth, ■which he sold for £5 6% BJ. ; and, by doing bo, gained the cost price of six and a-half yards. What number of yards did he purchase, and at what price per yard ?'' lam afraid the proposer of this question is not very well acquainted with mathematics ; for not only is it extremely easy, but it admit i of a large number of solulioiiß. Indeed, if any fractions of yards and penc e are allowed, the number ie infinite ; but if We are restricted to farthings as the smallest subdivision of a penny, still 17 anewera c*n he given, ranging from 2,566& yards at id. *° 14 yards at 13s. 4d. I will only give ™*ree more. The tailor might have bought 33£ yarde, at I 2s. Bd. ; or 25J yards, at 3s. 4d ; or ]3£ yardi, at 5s 4d., &c. — I am, &c, Goose. October 23, 1869.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3805, 29 October 1869, Page 5
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