 | Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman - 1900 - 362 σελίδες
...what time could either have drunk the whole barrel ? (3) A fish was caught whose tail weighed nine pounds ; his head weighed as much as his tail and...and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? Doolan's answer to the first question was О ; to the second, " the man could drink it in fifty days,... | |
 | Fletcher Durell, Edward Rutledge Robbins - 1909 - 296 σελίδες
...; how much did each have at first? 45. There is a fish whose tail weighs 9 pounds ; his head weighs as much as his tail and half his body ; and his body weighs as much as his head and his tail. What is the weight of the whole fish ? 46. A set out from... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1891 - 312 σελίδες
...multiplying both members by — 1), we have x = 126. VERIFICATION. — + 21 = 42 + 21 - 63 = — • 3 2 (6) A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds. His...and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? Let 2x = the weight of the body in pounds. Then 9 + x = weight of the head ; and, since the body... | |
 | 1873 - 422 σελίδες
...furrows eight inches apart, how far would a man walk ? II. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 Ibs; his head weighed as much as his tail and half his...body weighed as much as his head and tail together. Find (thc weight of the fish. % ' Coiinnuiiiatlioits Jar the Editor to be addressed, Mr. M, M1LJJ1&,... | |
 | Popular educator - 1860 - 424 σελίδες
...98. A fish was caught whose tail weighed 91be. ; his head weighed as much as his tail and half hia body ; and his body weighed as much as his head and tail ; what is the weight of the whole fleh ? Ans. 721bs. 99. If A and В together can perform a piece of... | |
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His head weighed as much as his tail and half his body, and his body weighed as much as his head and tail together. What was the weight of the fish ? Let 2x = the weight of the body in pounds. 
