Said a lawyer aside to his friend in the court,
“Now I’d bet, were we not in this place,
That my first is my second a bottle of port,”
Then bright with my whole shone his face.
is solved by Pleasure.
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The answer to the problem—
Six horse ’buses and four motor ’buses travel each hour from Temple Bar to the Bank. The horses take 15 minutes, and the motors 10 minutes on the journey.
If I come to Temple Bar, and wish to reach the Bank as soon as possible, shall I take the first horse ’bus that turns up, or wait for a motor? It must be assumed that I can only see a ’bus as it actually passes me—
is (1) Take a motor if it comes first.
is (2) Take a horse ’bus if it comes first, and comes within 21⁄2 minutes of waiting.
is (3) Wait for a motor if a horse ’bus comes first, but does not come till after 21⁄2 minutes.