Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-14
THE PUzzLEx,s COLUMN.
GENOA. O.. September. ]

GENOA. u, september, 1867
MR EDITon too must extend the right ham
welcome Br2 Amos, to gu. mathematical fraterni
MS ESStHr SI way dGn Roh1 the YET IysieTan Ds1
bro Oriuse refers to problem 1877 as quaint one
must agree with him. as Bro Amos is very mex
plict If he means that the interest decreases by
common difference of 90. the answer is 900 dollars
. Moie. Jennie. Belle d. HoltoG. Fannie and Matti,
come on. JOHN SoUBRIQUET.
ORRv1LLE. o.. September IL. 1867.
Mr.; EDITOR: You made slight mistake in tn
initials Of my name. They should Lave been l. p
i;ssa instead Dc Of P +: b; and 0t.Oss both seem t.
butt and BIS horses do three,fouribs Of t6,
SSw c,m WHY do % thsy g not o get &c Of tie mo sy Or
work but once. 4. b please tell me where you &c
a rule for 1893. or .bat propositions do YOU srpiy
also which you use in getting the formula for III.
send the following
ANSWERS.
Problem, 211--6U3ls7.a lbs.
Pr b; EN- 2l4-Thickness o: metal 4 inch. contents
Problem 2l5-About BIS miles. not knowing tn,
exact latitude of Cincinnati. Robin travelled west
Problem 2ls-Guernsey owes Delta aK cts.
Problem 2I7-S A. VI,
Problem 2s-il-9 bushels
Problem 2!s-s @ cents. think it was intended tc
be stated little different.
Problem 2aO-l32 70 inches
Problem 22l--6 inches.
Problem 222-23 TAI pa rels.
Problem 225-7l pounds. Up
GREENvILLE, o.. September 1lth. 1867
Mr.. EDITOR IL am happy to see that Guernsey
however. is not foot He asks ms whether his 1e so
luton for Problem No. leo is correct. WE'LL don't
know: never saw the Problem. The Puzzier's Col
9mn of last week contains list of fine Problems
Here ara my
ANSWERS.
Problem No 21-6 -6O3Is5. .s4 pounds
No. 2l2-2 and 8.
No el3-$2 ~.
Nc. sl4-Contents, 1s7.45s gal: thickness. nearly
No. 2I5-Robin ad travelled 5s41s miles from the
east, Ss,nmy 5s4n miles from the west.
No avs O'clock A. NJ. ' ''1'''
No. 2ls-I 10 bushels.
No. 2l9-Sl5O
No. 220-lI OIs inches.
No. e2l-6 inches.
No. 292-1l 81 barrels.
No 224-44sl3sl4O6320.
No. 225-72 pounds. E..
WASHINGTON Sept. 9.
set by my sister Corlista. send you this week few
answers tn problems. l hope that C. will send in
questions:
ANSWERS.
No. 2ls-s2 70.
No. 2I5-lO,. degrees.
No. 216-Guernsey owes "a cents.
No. 2l7-4 O'Clock.
No. sIs-l bushel and SO quarts.
No. e20-ll .Ols inches.
No. 22l-6 inches.
the roof. unless fiat, is the hypotenuse of iii
angle and the number of feet 10 be taken into the
A.
DUBLIN. o.. Sept. l3. 1867.
Mr.. EDITOR: Your plzzler's corps is attaining
colossal proportions and is a success. teyond a
doubt. am IN favyr of the motion made by Delta
last week. limiting the number Of problems to eight
and the publishing of answers, to two weeks. And
l would further request the nuubers of the unan-
swered ones be kept a; the head of the column
what say the class bout this? should be happy to
see Sammy in Dublin. 1t seems to me | could res
ognzs most of the class without the preliminaries
of iLtsot uctiOns aud names perhaps meet familiar
faces. Brother Innis asi igns certain problems to me
therefore 1T rs not necessary to consume time and
spl;e up them now. In my correspondence to the
TO solve all the problems presented; nor do / clam
10 be- one OF the first hema ician in the State
o ,6os spend al my leisure moments
higher branches of the science of which hayr not
text books for reference, especially when those al
rounded by whole libraries devoted to the science
and al the nee say apparatus for demonstration.
problem: L must thank Brother ST Epson for pro-
ducing the original No. 81, from standard WORK
give solutions below OF Problems:
No. sG3-Our brother OF the law department must
adj u and Is together and subtract the sum from
unity. he viii then the remaindr = 10 feet
consequently e ~, LIZ feet and l2-l2 "a feet
No. 2OO-Applv the RUE for finding the sum of all
last t. rim 0. number of terms are infinite -, the
ratio is 00COol Multiply the last Term, by the
the frt term .999999 = .s99gs9; aud divide by tn,
diferei ee between the ratio OOoU0l and = .99999s
9s'SsS DIVIDED S99999=l sum OF the given decimal.
COLUMBUS. OHIO. Sept. IL, 1867.
Mr.. ED1ToR:-Busy. busy times compel me to
make my communication brief. l write simply
friends of the Puzzer Column. Glad to see the |
work IS going on SO well. and hope it will continue
the Column through, and to solve some of the easy
problems sometimes. have a letter half wiitten
aPd TO tSe tSe as TO snd
pecially the ladies. am glad to see that Lmesto Q
on doing SO well. Hurrah hurrah II the tiuernsoy
county boys; they have indeed carried away the Puz
zIers Column; they have taken the head Of the
G. ap, that fear We shall never be able to catch up
And now for some
Problem No. 916.-Guernsey owed Delta X cents. |
Problem No. 9l7.-4 o'clock. Let equal the time |
it is now, then three-fths of equals 10 of Tx
Prob EN- No. 2Is so cts.
These are answers to some of the easiest problems
rest S ou4s eaHs S the Guernsey county boys
PROBLEM NO. 226.
father left SIG O64 to be divided among his four
sons aged II years. IA years. l6 years, and Is years
IesPec lively so that each share. placei at 10 per
were the shares? L. B.
PROBLEM NO. 227.
REQUIRED the greatest possible number of hills Of
corn that can be planted square acre. the hill
to occupy only a mathematical point. and no two
hills to be nearer than three and half feet GER
tain hummer formed by the product of three con-
secutive numbers and if it be divided by each Of
w hat is the number? ROAM
PROBLEM NO. 22S.
Required the number the cube of which, minus |
the number the remainder divided by the mum ber=l
hVe times the number. minus one-ftth Of it.
JOHN SoUBRIoUEr. |
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