Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-28
THE pUzzLEx,s COLUMN.
WASHINGTON, o.. Sept. %. .

WAsHlSGroN, o., Sept. %.
Mr.. EDIToR On Saturday the STATEsNAr
came, and no doubt the portion Of the class that
The paper before It failed US. which excuses m,
absence from the column in this number: Still Iv'
ever, the last time wa was there. having on a sS.
oonn;t the boys didn't know me.
think highly Of this column. and viii do my
part to sustain it. though my various duties keeI
me very busily employed from i've to seven day.
Myaeknowledsm nts are due Bro. Sammylf for hi.
masteriy solutions Of problems kindly sent me- ast
for his courteous letter. which have read to Bros
shall 30 mysef tbe tbe oesseIe o repyne Bo
Sammy: lets have 9 PuZzler's Convention some
time this winter-meet at some central point hay.
and clear our denonindtors cf their present obscu
rity. Why, don't the proposers Of, problems, still
no one sends problems he can't solve himself.
Brothe5s Z; B. and L. p. sent correct answers tC
woui Like to see 3 solution of the a93 and 2a4
Problems. They are the only ones in the three last
papers not answered yet.
ANSWERS.
Problem No. sll-sOa1s7 n lbs. pressure.
No. 2as-szais. ssso5 and sso1s. E. B.. divided
that money among three sons didn't notice there
were four till just now. Don't give that eighteen
NO No. sssNssc. Ss $50 any.
pays 81. SO; G pays S1.O4
No. 232-l0 acres and l5I acres.
No. 233-A2 divided by Aplus b, and B2 divided
kiNo; as4-(x-D * plus y * plus Do.
. This is GU. Guernsey says that shoemaker
has broken his. That is a mistake. He has simply
sent away his last. =, = ssr-- : 1ff.7 DELTA.
NATcHEz, GUERNSEY Co., o.. Sept. %. 1867.
Mr.. EDITOR: Through you salute each and all
as you said. no excuses this week." will make
none for my absence the last two weeks other than
ana quo that he
town. And. as did not receive my paper. don't
ed If Sss Isl % and is isa 6Sys been % WORKED would
be much obliged if some friend would insert the
answers again. As last weeks column was very
meagre. and Guernseys problems something new.
only send a few s1
No. s2e-The horse cost $50. ,-ir=..
No; 2somTwelye Gs) years ago the father had
$500 oo wiz The eldest ss 900 the next 400 the
next D., 400 and the youngest $500.
~ @ .seh aS hssS as s srris' ps1, pss
s.. .4S GLIB. q pays S2.s6 34-13l. OTIosE.
WEsTERvILLE, o., Sept IS, 1867.
Mr.. EDITOR: If you have not had an answer to
cb0ose Tbe .bscsa Of the reeuTed II point Of Se
elpse is the square root of 22 the ordinete of the
point the square root Of TO- the subnormal he base
lar is the Square root of s. One half the product
of the ordinate and the subnorma is tic area Of the
triangle. 8 aestF se EsRg-5E7 YVES.
Mr. EDITOR: In examining last weeks STATES
MAN, found but three communications in the Puz-
ler's Column. What has become of Sammy. Delta,
Innis, Limestone and otioseF 1 hope they viii re-
/. p. Problem No. log can be solved by the appli
height height Of the first tower. and plus y@that of the
second; then I0.O0O-(x-y)2=Il 664-(x plus va, or
Life %; and by Little reasoning we obtain %
y=5s 9o5. and plus y=7I .O7s then we readily find
10. IL is my problem. viii some one who has
answered it give l. 2. the rule by which it is
i viii give a few answers:
Problem No. 227-Ist, 4l4O hills, and, l2O.
Ne: Ne. ssS-is s3S--ss.; years. or $50 w20n-.
;, No; 2s1-Ths two men together. $I4o1. A. $s.ts.
No. 2sa-The side of the smaller lot is ls or 40
No. 2ssIA divided by plus B. and B ? divided
No. tas4-xs plus5x2 plus sx- SO. }3asg q
CoLLINsvILLE. BUTLER Co., o., Sept. 90. 1867.
ME ERTea t. am slnd to be able t. answer roll
,ould not attend. but / think will be with you
hereafter also Welcome new recruits to our ranks.
20 s to read the lettsfs Of s tie Old veserans
do not wish s. x. to think that regarded him
was pleased with his solution and whom Tread it,
it clear and good. only had reference
to his seeming delight at my supposed d9wptall-
Etructive. ''- '-A Z 'i't-
i like Delta's plan of limiting the number Of
weeks time to send answers. will so second the
motion to review. think it is about time, and
have quite number of bsaH tine steep ones re-
that have been answered but no exclamation
given. acant explanation. want to see new so:
mine. l sent them to get help. and not to puzzle
the boys. made mistake in l76. E. B: is right.
the telegraph question l57 1sT and l52 and some
others. If E. b. will send the solution which he
o OHIO e be | .res1 oSr6
can get no clue to q solution for it. Some of the
other hard ones will try hard to solve inreviey.
think 223 is inconsistent. for the side of q cube
q less number of units than square.
cannot be equal tohe side the square unless these
tons cannot be satisfied if they fractional. Nor
can one of them be minus. for the root Of minus
questions are 100 complicated for me. Z b. has in
his about the sama answers to 19s that
have. 1 ?. i think is not quite right though he
Here is my solution for the goose question 17S.
Aigebric solution is easier to put on paper Let Ok
distant from 31st mile stone that met the coach.
6x=distance from 3lst miles stone that B met the
was when met the COACH and az -
after A met the coach till b met it, Hence AZ e24x
5ss the distance Wss Sshnd
In No. 2l7 Robin should have said Sx divided by
5 equals $40 Of "a minus Z. because there are "A
Answer to No 2O4-The sides are. lst, o. oI3X feet;
I'd, IL .s5OX feet; Sd. 13.727X feet.
ss7O5; 4th. s3sl5:
number is l2o.
Greenleaf's National Arithmetic seems to be
very popular among our contributors. like it on
/ welcome the ladies all. Do hear Robin say of
them as class, stne qua non. literally translated
Here is aproblem which want solved by Guern-
sey, some one who occasionally takes q Dice into
the sea of iuctions:
PROBLEM NO. 235.
Two bodies start together from the extremity OF the
along the disneter at the rate of 10 feet per second
and the other in the circumference with variable
the former what Sits velocity in the circumfer-
ence when passing the sixtieth degree from the
starting point, the diameter of the circle being 81
know the answer; but want the method Of solu-
tion. SAMMY
PROBLEM NO. 236.
How many perch of stone arc in the new step
mensions. viz:. The height from the bottom Of tn
foundation to the top Of the upper stone IS t. tn
width. There are five steps, each step is inche
wide except the last, which is six Co feet wide AM
OT1osE.
PROBLEM NO. 237.
am thinking of three numbers such that if yol
divide the second by the first the quotient will be-
the product will also be a square. II you muitipi
the first by the second the product will he the third
and five (5) times the third is equal to 90 times tn
first. What are the numbers i? 0TIosB.
PROBLEM NO. 23S.
To find the least whole number which being di
vided by 2. s. 5. and IL, shall leave l. 2. 3. an
) for remainders. OTIosE.
PROBLEM NO. 239.
Having. at a certain (unknoun) distance, take
the angle of elevation of a steeple. advanced
yards nearer on level ground, aid then observed th
angle of elevation to be double the former. AdvaI
cling 80 yards still nearer the angle of elevation
appeared t, be three times the first. Required, th
altitude of the steeple. f. b.
PROBLEM NO DO