Do You Like a Good Problem?
Here is a good mathematical question, perhaps not wholly new, but handy to have when asked to tell, off hand, something to keep up the interest and occupy the attention of the company. Frank Smith, of Cumberland, Md., says he had a good time working it out, and he hopes others will enjoy it as much.
A, B, and C went to market to sell eggs. A took ten dozen, B thirty dozen, and C fifty dozen, B and C selling, according to agreement, at the same price that A sells his. Each sells all his eggs, and each brings home $2.75. What were the eggs sold at per dozen?