SOLUTIONS.

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 102, 27 October 1934, Page 15

SOLUTIONS.

Sunday Afternoon.—The distance is 3 miles, and the cars are driven at 30 and 36 miles per hour. Birthday Presents.—Clara must be moro than 15 years old, but Bessie's ago is certainly less than 15. Thus the only solution is that the three ages are 19, 13, and 10. Puzzle in Words. —Previous, precious, decisive,' derisive, contusion, confusion, refraction, retraction, constriction, construction. Armchair Problem. —It can be seen that the two experienced men did ninetenths of tho work. Therefore the third man received only one-tenth of the money, which is equivalent to 3 shillings a day instead of 10, so that ho lost money by .. his refusal.

Geometrical Problem. —The foot of the ladder is' 47 inches from the wall, and the top of tho' box is 57 inches below the top of the ladder. Therefore if tho product of 57 and 47 exceeds the product of 87 and 30, there is room for the box to pass, and it is only necessary to multiply theso together to find that thero is room enough. ,

Postmaster's Problem.—One penny worth of stamps can be purchased in two ways; twopence worth,in twice this number plus one, and threepence worth again in twice this- number plus one, which ■ makes -.eleven-, ways. Hero tho formulae become much more complicated, so that it can only be said.briefly that they lead to. the:.result that sixpence wortlr of stamps can bo purchased in G5 different ways.