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PROMISCUOUS QUESTIONS.
_ comes in, in what time, supposing the influx and efflux
the water to be always alike, would the cistern be filled :
Ans. 3 hrs 20 m
71. A sets out of London for Lincoln, at the very sa:
time that B at Lincoln sets forward for London, distant 1
miles; after 7 hours they meet on the road, and it tl
appeared that A had rode 1* miles an hour more than".
At what rate an hour did each of them travel ?
Ans. A 7 a g > and B mil
72. A and B truck ; A has 12£ cwt of Farnham hops,
2/ 16s a cwt, but in barter insists on 3l. B has wine woi •
5s a gallon, which he raises in proportion to A’s demai
On the balance, A received but a hhd of wine : What h '
he in ready money ? . - - - Ans. 20l 12s ( ;.
73. A of Amsterdam owes to B of Paris, 3000 guildi „
of current specie. Which he is to remit to him, by order, t
exchange 91^ flem. de banco a crown, the agio d per cen
but when this was to be negociated, the exchange was doi ^
at 90d a crown, and the agio 5 per cent.: What did B £ ■
by this turn of affairs ? Ans. 5 liv 12 sol 8 do'
74. If 100 eggs be laid down upon the ground, in
straight line, one yard from each other, and the first of the 1
one yard from a basket: What space shall a man walk o*
in bringing the eggs one by one to the basket ?
Ans. 10100 yards, or 5 miles 1300 y« '