37.
The women who had respectively 33, 29, and 27 apples, and sold the same number for a penny, receiving an equal amount of money, began by selling at the rate of three a penny. The first sold ten pennyworth, the second eight pennyworth, and the third seven pennyworth.
The first had then left three apples, the second five, and the third six. These they sold at one penny each, so that they received on the whole—
| The first | 10d. | + | 3d. | = | 13d. |
| The second | 8d. | + | 5d. | = | 13d. |
| The third | 7d. | + | 6d. | = | 13d. |
38.
The puzzle—
Take five from five, oh, that is mean!
Take five from seven, and this is seen—
is solved by fie, seen.