AFTER LONG YEARS
44.
If cash is lent at five per cent.
To those who choose to borrow,
How soon shall I be worth a pound
If I lend a crown to-morrow?
ON THE JUMP
45. If I jump off a table with a 20-lb. dumb-bell in my hand, what is the pressure upon me of its weight while I am in the air?
AT A BAZAAR
46. In charitable mood I went recently to a bazaar where there were four tents arranged to tempt a purchaser. At the door of each tent I paid a shilling, and in each tent I spent half of the money remaining in my purse, giving the door-keepers each another shilling as I came out.
It took my last shilling to pay the fourth door-keeper. How much money had I at first, and what did I spend in each tent?