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cost £198. 15. 4, what does 1 qr. 22 lbs. cost?

Answer, £5 . 14 . 5 ¾ ¹⁸⁵/₂₁₇.

If a horse go 14 m. 3 fur. 27 yds. in 3ʰ 26ᵐ 12ˢ, how long will he be in going 23 miles?

Answer, 5ʰ 29ᵐ 34ˢ(²⁴⁶²/₂₅₃₂₇).

Two persons, A and B, are bankrupts, and owe exactly the same sum; A can pay 15s.d. in the pound, and B only 7s. (6¾)d. At the same time A has in his possession £1304. 17 more than B; what do the debts of each amount to?

Answer, £3340 . 8 . 3 ¾ ⁹/₂₅.

For every (12½) acres which one country contains, a second contains (56¼). The second country contains 17,300 square miles. How much does the first contain? Again, for every 3 people in the first, there are 5 in the second; and there are in the first 27 people on every 20 acres. How many are there in each country?—Answer, The number of square miles in the first is 3844⁴/₉, and its population 3,321,600; and the population of the second is 5,536,000.

If (42½) yds. of

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