His grandson, at home from Cambridge for the Christmas vacation, solved the question for him easily. What was his decision?
“ASK WHERE’S THE NORTH?”—Pope.
15. I am aboard a steamer, anchored in a bay where the needle points due north, and exactly 1200 miles from the North Pole. If the course is perfectly clear, and I steam continuously at the rate of 20 miles an hour, always steering north by the compass needle, how long will it take me to reach the North Pole?
16.
Three persons, A, B, and C, share twenty-one wine casks of equal capacity, of which seven are full, seven are half full, and seven are empty. How can these be so apportioned that each person shall have an equal number of casks, and an equal quantity of wine, without transferring any of it from cask to cask?
17.
A hungry mouse, in search of provender, came upon a box containing ears of corn. He could carry three ears home at a time, and only had opportunity to make fourteen journeys to and fro. How many ears could he add to his store?