Answer, 5ʰ 29ᵐ 34ˢ(²⁴⁶²/₂₅₃₂₇).
Two persons, A and B, are bankrupts, and owe exactly the same sum; A can pay 15s. 4½d. in the pound, and B only 7s. (6¾)d. At the same time A has in his possession £1304. 17 more than B; what do the debts of each amount to?
Answer, £3340 . 8 . 3 ¾ ⁹/₂₅.
For every (12½) acres which one country contains, a second contains (56¼). The second country contains 17,300 square miles. How much does the first contain? Again, for every 3 people in the first, there are 5 in the second; and there are in the first 27 people on every 20 acres. How many are there in each country?—Answer, The number of square miles in the first is 3844⁴/₉, and its population 3,321,600; and the population of the second is 5,536,000.
If (42½) yds. of cloth, 18 in. wide, cost £59. 14. 2, how much will (118¼) yds. cost, if the width be 1 yd.?
Answer, £332. 5. (2⁴/₁₇).
If £9. 3. 6 last six weeks, how long will £100 last?
Answer, (65¹⁴⁵/₃₆₇) weeks.
How much sugar, worth (9¾d). a pound, must be given for 2 cwt. of tea, worth 10d. an ounce?
Answer, 32 cwt. 3 qrs. 7 lbs. ³⁵/₃₉.