cents. or 94 cents. The interest of 37 dollars for 60 days would be 37 cents, and for 20 days of 37 cents, or 12 cents. The whole interest is 18 dollars and 95 146. They would both together do of the work in 1 day, and it would take them of a day to do the other Ans. 1 day. 147. would be done in 1 day, and it would take { of a day to do the other f. Ans. 1 day. 149. They both together consume of a bushel in a week, but the woman alone consumes only of a bushel in a week. That is, they both together consume in a week, but the woman alone only; consequently, the man alone would consume; and a bushel would last him 3 weeks. 152. A and B can build of it in 1 day; A, B, and C, can build of it in 1 day; the difference between and is; therefore C can build of it in 1 day; and it would take him 131 days to build it alone. 164. Find how much they might eat in a day, in order to make it last 1 month, and then it will be easy to find how much they may eat in a day, to make it last 11 months. 167. The money is 7 parts of the whole, and the purse one part; consequently the money is 7, and the purse of 16. 170. He gave one part for the apple, 2 parts for the orange, and 4 parts for the melon. These make 7 parts. The apple 3 cents, the orange 6 cents, and the melon 12 cents. 175. If to a number half of itself be added, the sum is of that number; hence subtract 2 from 100, and the remainder is of the number of geese that he had. 180. This must be reduced to 6ths. 1 half is, and is, and the number itself is . If therefore to the wholo number its half and its third be added, the sum will be ; hence, 77 is 11 of the number. 181.is; therefore if to a number and of itself be added, the whole number will be ; but when 18 more is added to, the first number is doubled; that is, the number is of the first number; therefore 18 is of the number. THE END. 4/11 † 19 |