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Question 17. — . . .... My whote-O, beware!— for two horns I hare got ; .'.'.', ■•■■..■; . ' . Behead me, I still have a h«ad— well T wot— Behead me again, and you'll find to your sorrow. That I'm sick and in bed, I must lie all to-mor-row (0.) Question 18.— Place four threes in such a manner as to make their value 34. (C.) ■ Question 19.— A field in the form of an equilateral triangle contains just half an sere ; what must be the length of a tether fixed at one of its angles, and to a horse's nose, to allow him to graze exactly half of it ? (0.) Solution of question 15. — The 'whole length of walks will be found to be — 2592 yards 2502 „ . • 12' „ ' ! - •■ "■ " . 621*4 yards. This at 4 feet wide gives the whole content of the walks 795*2 square yards. ' '■■■'■ Solution of question 16. —By dividing the amount by the price of one yard, the result will be the area of the triangle, 588 yards, or 5293 square feet. This divided by twice the base, 128 feet, will give the perpendicular, 84 feet ; : consequently the square root of the sum of the squares of half the base, 63 feet, and perpendicular, 84 feet, will give the length of the side required, 106 feet.
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Southland Times, Issue 1310, 20 September 1870, Page 3
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