3 to 5, and the sum of their superficial contents is 30600 square feet. What is the length of a side of each piece? 123. If 96 boards, 15 feet 6 inches long and 14 inches wide, will floor a place, how many will it take if the boards are only 11 feet 4 inches long and 9 inches wide? 124. A certain club spent at a supper, 43 dollars 56 cents, and the expense of each was as many cents as there were persons in the company. What did each pay? 125. If 20 feet of iron railing weigh 1000 lb. when the bars are 14 inch square, what will 50 feet come to, at 9 cents per lb. when the bars are of an inch square? 126. A stationer sold quills at $1.833 per thousand, and gained of the first cost; but quills growing scarce, he raised the price to $2.04 per thousand. What did he gain per cent. by the last sale? .127. A merchant purchased goods to the amount of 3472 dollars, which he sold at a loss of 12 per cent. and invested the proceeds of the sale in other goods, which he sold at a profit of 13 per cent. Did he gain or lose by these transactions, and how much? 128. A house completely finished, has cost the owner $12894; it is 4 stories high, and the ground floor is divided into two shops, one of which is let at $225, the other at $200 a year; the three upper stories are let for $450 a year; the annual expense for repairs is $35.89. What per cent. does the house pay? 129. Amerchant in Boston received from New Orleans a bill at 30 days sight; he allowed 1 per cent. discount for present payment, and received $2530.44. What sum was the bill drawn for; and what was the discount? 130. A merchant sold a parcel of coffee at 15 cents per lb. and lost 10 per cent.; soon after he sold another parcel, to the amount of $525. and gained 40 per cent. How many pounds were there in the last parcel; and at what price per lb. was it sold? 131. G received from H 760lb. of rough tallow to try out, at 60 cents per 100lb. clear, and was to take his pay in rough tallow at 8 cents per lb.; G returned 615 lb. clear, and H paid him the balance due to him in rough tallow Allowing 18 per cent. for waste, what was the balance due to G? 132. A merchant received on consignment 3 lots of hops, viz. 810lb. from Allen; 720lb. from Bond; and 1872 lb. from Cook. On inspection, Bond's hops were found to be 12 per cent. better than Alien's; and Cook's 25 per cent. better than Bond's. A sale of the 3 lots together was effected at 10 cents per lb. What was the just share of the amount for each? 133. A and B hired a coach in Boston to go 50 miles, for $25. with liberty to take in two more when they pleased. After riding 15 miles they took in C, who wished to go the remainder of the journey out, and return with them to Boston. On their return, at the distance of 25 miles from Boston, they admitted D for the remainder of the journey. You are required to settle the coach hire equitably between them. 134. Suppose a rope 71.365 rods long, to have one end attached to a horse's head, and the other end fastened to a stake, in the centre of a field; how much land will the horse be allowed to graze upon? 135. A cistern is to be constructed, in the form of a cylinder, to hold 850 gallons. If the diameter of the end be made 6 feet, what must be the length of the side? 136. Suppose the propelling wheels of a locomotive engine to be 3 feet 4 inches in diameter, and to make 390 revolutions in a minute; what distance will the engine move forward in one hour? 137. If 12 oxen eat up 3 acres of grass in 4 weeks, and 21 oxen eat up 10 acres in 9 weeks, how many oxen will eat up 24 acres in 18 weeks; the grass being at first equal on every acre, and growing uniformly? THE END |