Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-04
THE RUzzLn.s,s CoLUmN.

THE RUzzLEas's COLUMN. I'll
weare gratiHed ct the continued interest exhib-
lied by our readers in this column. II is finding
in sll portions Of the State We
must continue our caution Of last week in regard TO
writing on one side of the paper only We desiret0
publish all good problems that may be presented.
but certainly cannot take time to re-Write half Of
them. sbIa bfsesssitE 8.i
The answer sent by Geo. s. Innis to Problem No.
l., was correct with the exception Of typographi-
cal error in the value of the vessels hull it was
written 81 57s 81 Lea and printed 81 3s7 81 199.
We asked the question. Who is wrong?" that
" Kildare might be correcsed. With this ex
p anation. we publish the folio wingfrOm Sammy"
Bacon also sends us aeorrected answer TO No. as
also does Geo. s.. Innis: = sssze
Nh. EDfToR The answers 70 problem !, by Geo.
8. Innis. Problem" ard Kildare, as published,
KilIares aIsvers gives the whole amount. but they
inconsistent with the conditions of the question:
According 10 the conditions the cargo should be
equal to the rigging and halfth hull. He says the
costs Sl7ss S45 the rigging SI07l 62e and the
null hui sis! Ozs Now. # KildaIsesn divide s!lst- M
win not. think, ud that their sum is $733 346.
Therefore We = ivise hin to study these fundamen-
e965.5I 81 20 hull 9ls7s cargo Sl655. 7-2S
fsteANswER TO PROBLEM NO. 8. Beg
' - CHERRY Grove. April27.
EpIToR STATESMAN: Herewith send solution
ist@fiiI the gallon lee out of the gallon ksg,
2d-kmpty the gallon keG into the gallon keg.
sd-Fill the palion keg again out Of the gallon
1th-Fill the gallon keg out Of the gallon keg.I
which leaves gallon Ia the gallon keg.
the son fss into the saon kss
7th-Then NIL the gallon keg out Of the gallon
fd sD i sO aGn ssl kSS apS a Rs
gallon keg. y z4 VIC. SEEDS.
Joseph B. .Kile. GrovepOrt. "Bacon." SAMMY"
md aJOhnF. EArhArt. Columbus. send correct an
iwers. s5s.sg.sx 80
! aog.re ANSWER TO PROBLEM NO.. s. 7-Iars.
triangle, and BIS Land win be left. Q ei''N1
RSs as % seE s a o Es Eh a6d s s' /: yns q 5 Line
Ssss, . !. sss sa. Is base ..1si s
q 5sso The first perpe9dicusr is G found BY adding
divide o1eFthird of the area of the given tfiah-
gle q 1oly By it. This gives for first PesRsPdiculsr
ting the hypothenuse of right angle triangle. This
gives Al .o52s. These answers are correct to four
are as follows: Base 100 rods; 1905
rods line parallel to the base 81 els6 rods the other
same way and can be found 6y setting the
pothenuse and substractir the sum OF the other per-
pendiculsrs from the given perpendicular <I
Why is it that no answers are received to Geo.. s.
Innis' Problem. No. 7? Is it too hard )" or what
is the matter - 8. s,r4z 49, - -ssf5{
ANSWER TO PROBLEM NO. 8.
Ten men. Sixteen women, four children.
esse ei5 sa33s sq7ts JOHN r.. EARHART. s.
/ ii-af .-4} .u - Columbus. D. :
Problem No. Q. by Sammy" ]" also fails to bring
response. Get at these unanswered ones. boys. and
let us keep our books square as ne 60 along.
ina PROBLEM NO. 10.
The difference between the hypothenuse and base
Of right angled triangle is g. and the difference be-
tTseIl the hypgthes use and the perPendic1sr Is B.
-, - PRoBLEMNo. IL.
CHERRY GROVE April 29th 1857 q.
A has bar of lead. Weighing 40 pounds. He
wishes to diylde it in four pieces. that he can
weigh any number of pounds from up to 40. The
Teightot each piece is required. ,7s.I -
ase PROBLEM NO. u. =
Deposit one cent in bank, double the amount de-
week, two cents the second week. four cents the third
You think the amount would be At the end Of the
year Figure it up boys, and seea
aes 81 PROBLEM NO. 13. etsH
wha. nSnhsr added e the square root Of four
-es PROBLEM NO. IA. ~
<e1-rrs d, AMSTERDAM. April "a. 1851.
The two-thirds of my age is equal to FIVE thir-
teenths OF my age Plus n-thirteenths-
what IS my age9 u b.ra g4bsss h. A. W.
s.l .s.la- PROBLEM NO. 10.
fass avsf COLUMBUS. April 30, 1867.
There is number consisting Of four digits, such
third Is the the of the @
fourth is H. and If the product of the four digits be
81 ss Rfs SS DGSqs Gf nS @
500 times the first digit. Required the number.
,,-.zf sf s,,s-- est 4s- -. - ROBIN.
a5 tsH .a PROBLEM NO. 16. q 81 81
tree standing on hillside is 100 feet high; it is
broken by the wind and falls down the hill. but
drawn from the bottom Of the standing part perpen-
diculsr to hanging part is Is feet. Where did the
tree breakf ~ SAMMY. :
. PROBLEM NO. IL.
There is number consisting Of three digits, such
the first and third is H. and II the product of three
digits be increased by 80 times the first digit the
sam will be 33s. Required the number. s
,a-sl Ti1ssF. PROBLEM NO. Is. ie ssrI
tWo-thifds of the time that b would have required
TO perform the entire work. B then completes the
job. Had both lsbored together it would have beer
only aaH
time in which they would have performed the worn
separately. BACON.
PROBLEM NO. 10.
geE 9sza = 'sl CoLUMBus. May9.
Nh. EDIToR-I send yeu the following problem
which ct first seems very easy, but which thinl
some of your readers viii find difficult to solve
aud mskes = bet. A betting B that be, (A)
can wax 700 miles the quIcl est. allowing (wht
every day thus consumed-tha is. if A walks 81
miles the first day and walks "a, adding the ~
miles, making it 25x miles for B Now. supposinI
4 walk Il miles the first day and wall II; the
walks ~ and B. 81, at th rate who will win and
ing? E a5 x 20 FANNIE.
- 1s6e PROBLEM NO. 20. -
/ Two men carry q hog weighing 400 pounds upon
pole, the ends resting upon their shoulders. HoV
much of the weight will each sustain if the pole b.
six feet long and the hog hang six inches from tn
middle OF the pole a5l5s sss.-iz-H MoEROE.
PRIVATE PROBLEM. 81
| We dedicate the following to friend "Occas," o
Natcbez. Guernsey county:
| If tumble bug can roll an ounce hall up hill
how much can he shoulder on dead level2
/ A Boys Box.-A boys pocket is said {,
contain most things usually found about
but when a farmer boys regular box AM
general receptacle is opened, we can fin
considerable merchandise. From Eddie
box, says a correspondents, we Gull the fol
lowing in part, omitting many he was un
ableto give local habitation and ''name:
0na snuare inkafand ono r,f,nd do on