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PROMISCUOUS QUESTIONS.
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it trade 1807. By agreement A was to have 8 per cent,,
Ituse he spent time in the execution of the project, and B
to have only 5 : What sum was allotted to A for his
ble ? Ans. 41/ 105 9 SV-
; 5. Laid out in a lot of muslin 500/, upon examination
diich, 3 parts in 9 proved damaged, so that I could make
S 5s a yard of the same; and by so doing find I lost 50/
; t: At what rate per ell am I to part with the undama-
muslin, in order to gain 50/ upon the whole ?
Ans. 11s 71,(1.
, 6. A at Paris draws on B in London 1400 crowns, at
sterling a crown, for the value of which B draws again
A at 57d sterling a crown, besides reckoning commission
t cent: Did A gain or lose by this transaction, and what?.
Ans. He gained 1744 crowns,
i 7. A, B, and C are in company; A put in his share of
i stock for 6 months, and laid claim to £ of the profits;
: ut in his. for 9 months; C advanced 500/ for 8 months,
i required on the balance f of the gain: Required the
k of the other two adventurers ?
Ans. A 185/ 35 8ft/, and B 172/ 16s 944/.
8. A young hare starts 40 yards before a grey-hound,
3 is not pet/eeived by him till she has been up 40 seconds,
scuds away at the rate of 10 miles an hour, and the dog
Iriew, makes after her at the rate of 18 : How long will
course hold, and wrhat ground will be run over, begin.
5 with the outsetting of the dog ?
Ans. 60A sec. and 530 yards run.
| 9. If I leave Exeter at 8 o’clock on Monday morning
London, and ride at the rate of 3 miles an hour without
emission; and B sets out from London for Exeter at 4
, same evening, and rides 4 miles an hour constantly: Sup.
ng the distance between the two cities to be 130 miles,
ueabout on the road shall we meet ?
Ans. 69f- miles from Exeter.
0. A reservoir for water has two cocks to supply it; by
first .alone it may be filled in 40 minutes, by the second
>0 minutes ; and it hath a discharging cock, by which it
y, when full, be emptied in 25 minutes : Now, supposing
t these three cocks are all left open, and that the water