The (old) farmer's almanack . - rods. ANSWER TO PROBLEM will be together at the end of 5 hours. ANSWER TO PROBLEM O. 8 months, 10 days. ANSWER TO RIDDLE. Severn — Seven — Eve. ANSWER TO ENIGMA. Newspaper. ANSWER TO PUZZLE. 3/. PROBLEM P. An old woman, wishing to oblige herneighbors, sent her daughter with a bas-ket of eggs to three of them. At the firsthouse she left half of the number of eggsshe had and half a one over •, at the sec-ond, half of the remainder and half a oneover ; at the third she did the same, andreturned with one egg, not having brokenany. How many had she
The (old) farmer's almanack . - rods. ANSWER TO PROBLEM will be together at the end of 5 hours. ANSWER TO PROBLEM O. 8 months, 10 days. ANSWER TO RIDDLE. Severn — Seven — Eve. ANSWER TO ENIGMA. Newspaper. ANSWER TO PUZZLE. 3/. PROBLEM P. An old woman, wishing to oblige herneighbors, sent her daughter with a bas-ket of eggs to three of them. At the firsthouse she left half of the number of eggsshe had and half a one over •, at the sec-ond, half of the remainder and half a oneover ; at the third she did the same, andreturned with one egg, not having brokenany. How many had she at first ? A gentlemau has 12 pints of wine in onebotte. How shall it be equally dividedwith the aid of two other bottles, one ofwhich holds 5 and the other 7 pints ? PROBLEM R. The number of men in both fronts of twocolumns of troops, A and B, where eachconsisted of as many ranks as it had menin front, was 84 ; but when the columnschanged ground, and A was drawn up witlithe front that B had, and B with the frontthat A had, then the number of ranks inboth columns was 91. Required the num-ber of men in each column. PROBLEM S. How far from the surface of a ball 12 feetin diameter must a light stand to light 1-5of the surface ? And how n
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