ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.
THE CHICAGO TEASER. The oorreot answer to this problem, whioh has effectually puzzled hundreds of persons. Is 24, as may be seen by the following explanation. (1) If one hen and a half lay any given number of eggs In a given time then it is evident that the number laid by the half hen will be ju&t half the number laid by tbe one hen m the time stated, (2.) Therefore as one hen and a half lay one and a half eggs m the time stated half a hen lays half an egg and consequently one hen lays one egg. (3.) If one hen leys one egg lv the stated time then six hens lay six eggs In that time.
(4.) The stated time for each laying being one and a half days there oan only be font layings within at ren days beouue four timea one and a half equals six and there could be no further laying until the expiry of seven and a half daya. (6.) Therefore the six "hens lay six egga at eaoh laying and as there are four layings within seven days the answer li four times six 24. THE BLIZZABD PUZZLE. "Bluenose" forwards the following solution. 30 | 89 | 48 j 1 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 38 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 29 46 j 6 | 8 | 17 j 26 | 36 | 87 6 | 14 J 16 J 25 | 31 J 36 | 45 18 | 15 | 24 | 33 | 42 | 44 | 4 21 |28| 32 41 |43 3| 12 22 | 31 | 40 | 49 I 2 I 11 I 20 THE MERCHANT AND CHICKENS PROBLEM. "Bluenose" writes: — The merchan' "cheats" the women (In the'chloken' ptoblem) by combining their business and inferring that eaoh gets her dollar for her 2b chickens, which ehe does not. One gets 5-6 th dollar* for 2Johlckeno, and the other 1£ dollar for 2£ ohiokens, that la (1J + 5-6 th) dollars, or 2 l-12th dollars ford chickens, i.e. 25 dollars for the 60 ohlokenß. The figures don't He, but the merchant does. THE FIVE CLASSES PROBLEM. - The same correspondent says with referenoe to the twenty ohlldren to be divided into 6 classes, each of an uneven number — " Your correspondent !a of the opinion that the above contains a oatob, •nd that there will bo a falleoy m the method which pretends to aolve It*
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1951, 22 September 1888, Page 3
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394ANSWERS TO PUZZLES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1951, 22 September 1888, Page 3
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