i ßy ax Arithmeticvl Madman' —Suppose ; mm and a girl were marriel—t'.ie man thirty l|"e years old, th.j girl live—t lis in ikes the mar «|ven times as oil as the girl; they live to gether until the girl is ten—this makes him f>rb years old, and four times as old as the girl; the; rtill live until she is fifteen, the mm heinj forty g'e— this makes the mm three times a* old fftey still live until she is thirty years old—thi gakes the mm rixty, only twice as old ; and s Ji. Now, how ling would they have to live fc make ths girl as old as the man ?
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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 116, 30 January 1872, Page 7
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