LAST WEEK'S SOLUTIONS.
The Salary of a Farm-Overseer.—As the farm ■contained 420 acres'(2Bo, SO, GO), the overseer's salary must have been £.210 per annm. .A St. Leger.—lf £20 were invested on X, £15 on V, and £10 on Z, a profit of £5 would bo made on the nice, the amount of the dividend boing £50 no matter which horse was placed lirst. A Five-Figure ' Square. —Tho square number is -3(5481, which, as stated, embraces four square numbers in the order written, viz.: 3G, 4, 81, and itself. Leaking Petrol.—Tho quantity that tho "tanker brought to port would "require" the tise of 131 containers, but would not be sufficient to "fill" them, so the correct answer is 130. A Sovereign.—The loss would be one shilling and tenpence halfpenny,: ignoring tho smaller fraction of a penny... ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. W.T.S.—Your memo, having boon mislaid a reply was sent by post, the conditions being as set out in the problem. Paradoxes are always interesting. H.T.B.—Same principles involved as in floxible-t.apo measure problom, and very practical.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 151, 30 June 1928, Page 20
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173LAST WEEK'S SOLUTIONS. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 151, 30 June 1928, Page 20
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