A FINANCIAL PUZZLE.
TO TLtE EDITOR. Sin,, -To decide an argument, would you kind]v give the correct answers to Ui'j following sums, and oblige. —I aw, etc., A. Motion. (1) The of a bankrupt amount to £f>ooo. It is es'imated that the c editors will receive 5g in the pound, but it i-i discovered tliafc one debt has been overlooked and this reduces the dividend to 4s 60. What is the Amount of ti'e debt that was overlook d i (2) Of a debt of =£looo, £l9O is duo n0.€200 in one month, £370 in five months. .£l2O in eight months, and a half of the balance in nine month*. When would he the proper time of payment if the wholii debt were paid together 1 fWdl one of ovlr financial rtade'ta givj our correspondent the WfdriMiietl ho requires. Life is il toga (her too | short to allow of our tlr< 1 solution of financial problem".—Ed.]
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12, 16 January 1901, Page 2
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156A FINANCIAL PUZZLE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12, 16 January 1901, Page 2
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