NEW PROBLEMS.
20. By J. Mitchell, Dunedin :— A lottery contains 6 prizes and 9 blanks, what is the probability that in buying 3 tickets 1 shall get one or more prizes ? 21. By John G. Smith, Invercargill :— A and B run a race of I of a mile on a course §• of a mile round. They run opposite directions and A wins by 40 yards. Where was JB when A passed the post the first time ? 22. By Fitzgerald 8., Kuri Bush :— In a few years Otagq will have 600 miles of railway lines in working order. The cost of forming these lines varies from £7565 10/6 to £15,3246/8 per mile. How much will they cost ? 23. By R. T., Nugget Point: — A butcher bought five bullocks for £55, the difference of thoir prices being £2. What did the first and last cost him p
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Otago Witness, Issue 1417, 18 January 1879, Page 21
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