157. LETIER MULTIPLICATION
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39784- THE CONSPIRATORS' CODE
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9152- LETIER-FIGURE PUZZLE
Answers 263It is clear that A must be I, and that B and C must be either 6 and 2 or 3
and 5, and that in the third equation they are shown to be 3 and 5, since D
must be 7. Then E must be 8 in order that D X E should show C = 5. Then
the rest is easy, and we find the answer as follows: A = I, B = 3, C = 5,
D=~E=~F=~H=~J=~K=~L=n
- THE MILLER'S TOLL
There must have been one bushel and one-ninth, which after taking the
one-tenth as toll, would leave exactly one bushel.
- EGG LAYING
The answer is half a hen and a half hen; that is, one hen. If one and a half
hens lay one and a half eggs in one and a half days, one hen will lay one egg
in one and a half days. And a hen who lays better by half will lay one and a
half eggs in one and a half days, or one egg per day. So she will lay ten and
a half (half a score and a half) in ten and a half days (a week and a half).
- THE FLOCKS OF SHEEP
Adam must have possessed 60 sheep, Ben 50, Claude 40, and Dan 30.
If the distributions described had taken place, each brother would have then
had 45 sheep.