LAST WEEK'S SOLUTIONS.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 6, 6 July 1929, Page 29

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTIONS.

A Weighing Problem.—The weights of the commodities are as follows:—A KOlb, B 81b, C 321b, and D. 1101b. A School Committee.—lt would be possible to vote under the conditions stated in 1,698,159 different ways. It seems almost incredible with only 23 candidates, but it is so.

. At What Intervals.—Always every feisty-five and five-eleventh minutes, no matter whether the time-piece is running fast, slow, or keeping correct time. A Coincidence.—A started with 4 halfcfowns and a shilling, B with 1 halferown, 1 florin, two single shillings and a sixpence, while C had two florins, two single shillings, and a sixpence, total £1 4s 6d. Cutting Up Logs.—As there are twice the number in a cord of three feet logs as in a cord of the other size, the price would be one half of 10s for the six feet logs, viz., 5s per cord. But each of the latter requires 5 cuts to 2 of tho smaller logs, so tho correct price per cord for the 6 feet logs is 12s 6d per cord, or £93 15s for the whole contract. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Mrs. Ford."—Ono of the "Merry Wives of Windsor." "Measurer."—A "palm" measurement is 3 inches, and a "hand" 4 inches, but the former is practically obsolete. "Me&ico."—The French metric system has been legally established in Mexico, but old Spanish weights (sfed measures ate still in use them.