LAST WEEK'S SOLUTIONS
Catching: the Mall.—Half a mile. \" Anagram.^—Gran doc, ■ enraged, derange, angered, .grenade.\ . ;." ,'".: '"" .' Watch Problem.—He should. wind it' and set hands at 11 a.m.1 This is a good.. spet'imen of tho kind .of problem which, can be worked out by a graphical solu- ■■ tion. ■'■■'■ ■■ ; _■"■■;■ ■■.. ..■■_■.•; Day in Town.—The .'dtia,is.'that^tfie'," bus fare could. not : ,be.. gajcl' with less.' than three coins,"but'Jtwo-thirdsi pf it could be paid, with" one. -It was -three shillings and nincpenoe, .and the cheque: | was for &5. .:■-,. :■.:'.'■ •:,■: ;.::^:.- :'_■_.■• ;. :■ Breakdbwn.--Tp; solve !this '•' problem.1 we have to: di.scbyer^whether, she-gay®. j him sixpence .\v:qrth;'or nine.jcnce'wbrtii, • I Actual trialshows", .it, must have been. the larger, -value, and ."thusCth'p.r.o' "ward ' 21 passengers, of whom 13- paid- nine--pence ami -B.paid sijj.pencp;^.. ~•-•.....; Armchair Problems. — (1)' ' Nina1 pounds. (3) 42>; 30,14, and 13 years. (3) The charger for'admission could hardly be .'othpr{vise,, than, sixpence.Therefore' 6 must,appear in the pottee1 columns, so that tlie. fjpms paid were .£>!, 5s 6d ancr.£2.4sf'6d for 51 and for 8!) children. ; . ■..-•:;•." ' ""■■■
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 96, 20 October 1934, Page 13
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158LAST WEEK'S SOLUTIONS Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 96, 20 October 1934, Page 13
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