71.

The two numbers to each of which, or to the halves of which, unity is added, forming in every case a square number, are 48 and 1680.

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72.

The true weight of a cheese that seemed to weigh 16 ℔s. in one scale of a balance with arms of unequal length, and only 9℔s. in the other, is 12℔. This is found by multiplying the 16 by the 9, and finding the square root of the result.

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73.

The two parts into which 100 can be divided, so that if one of them is divided by the other the quotient is again exactly 100 are 991101 and 100101.

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74.