[32.] T bets D he can walk 7 miles to his 6 for any time or distance; so they agree to walk a certain distance, starting from opposite points. T starts from point M to walk to N. D starts from N and walks to M. They both started at the same moment, and met at a spot 10 miles nearer to N than M. T arrives at N in 8 hours, and D arrives at M in 12½ hours after meeting. Who wins the wager? How far from M to N? And find the pace at which each walked?
THE ALPHABET.
The total number of different combinations of the 26 letters of the alphabet is 403291461126605635584000000. All the inhabitants on the globe could not together, in a thousand million years, write out all the combinations, supposing that each wrote 40 pages daily, each page containing 40 different combinations of the letters.
“10 INTO 9 MUST GO.”
[33.] Ten weary footsore travellers, all in a woeful plight, Sought shelter at a wayside inn one dark and stormy night.
“Nine rooms-no more,” the landlord said, “have I to offer you; To each of eight a single bed, but the ninth must serve for two.”
A din arose; the troubled host could only scratch his head, For of those tired men no two would occupy one bed.