LAST WEEK'S SOLUTIONS.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 20

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTIONS.

Two Poplar Trees.—The taller tree at the timo of the last measurement was 25 foot high and.i.ts■ companion .'ls..foet, so,that in 1938 their heights would be 40. and 25 feet respectively. . Field Artillery. —There were 66 guns in the force of field artillery referred to., ..'.•.. ■ . \■•i '■ ' Numbered Cubes.—The njimbers uppermost being 3, 6", and 4, the following method will produce tho number Gl-1, which was the- only information the blindfolded person was given: Multiply they first by two and add 5—11; multiply 11-by. 5. and add the second —Glj. multiply 61 by 10 and add the Hftrd — 014. From the deduct 250, and the result is as shown. It is a concrete rule. ... Two Boys at Variance.—A clock that takes 30 seconds to strike six o'clock must at the same rate tako G6 seconds to strike 12 o'clock, paradoxical as it may seom. (2) The' boy's answer was that between one pound of feathers and ono,pound.of gold there was no diffcrenco in.Weight, which obviously was iiieorrect. . A Timo. Limit. —The total number of hours' overtime worked by tho 18 men was' 36 daily. ...