The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-21

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If i-s Salt on Snowy Sidewalks
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( slr,-is~ there O. law for preventing the.
Use 81 salt In melting snow ana Ice on
tho streets7 S5
we know OF none
Some Curious Facts Regarding
Figures.
Several days aEo the followlTg puzzle
S Mos prntad n th9 netty News "d
h6 SSys 81 aRpSs baE ntsH
snd sta ss f paE e g k Hae oe 81 he
Bag s di Vi the up lss into three euual
v 9Sns Il ena nas she1a eat snH Els ow
and goes back e bed. la ter on 9 sec g.
ond Boy MISC wakes up md goes thro,t !. g 81
ssaF Seah e she Ike le TT
hFe snsF tie aTt2Sy IS Boys oae av aaesh
se SRss tS Ssya1 sns sEen es
$i Tho answer given belo ~ ma beon re-
ta probem tSe es liz ntenon
TO several curious and interest tin rae
Il r, Sre n o, rs con'm''
III beg to offer, the follow g solu'ior
f a:S Boy Boy divided thei, Into tn pt ts
away ava lie theh took his share Of IS APP
pies. leaving 1oe In. the& b Tho ocond
ready had his share. also divided tho Eap.s
pies into three equal part na;meel I. s..
total 1o5 and finding ono over, !! he TIRE y
ny YS l Ii I'd to Boy founi t,ne Up oyer
and threw It away, wing 60. Of when
he took thefthird part namely. q, LEAVING cs
tarplss each ~ total As and threw way the
thIs II beg 4: t. soP I Z
Is not generally known and may interes:
puzzled puss II asked e Is solve tbs fodowa:s
eWGN pfofp r: nsd an unknown sum to 70,
then divide the Obtained resul, ~, Z {.
but you must obtain the same sum which
yoak eadsa S ar 81 a7ssby an unknown
sum-, then subtract 4.7es from the result
obtained; but the final ans g. yer mus 4, &c
r Il ~ same sum Dy 2h'ch 4'aoS was '''uie'-
Alttle. reflection, WI tell5u that the !,
above problems ident cal Tlth me
"a are e ~ divided 81 results in 3. and
saifen fs aa3as, e fss sane q problem No.
4. then we would add ID certain. sn !,
paT;e!iy TO Esli,1,. rtsu liz r. and
sHaiHf ma pig hs sss xsie rsslts in 1,
f19m this We ass e sD raj
q y1y1 D.
closer " We vii take the figure and test
Tlfh SsSsn fesats IL 1ssut}s s.
Try l. Seven and j are S:i7 times are
ws SEE m sat Is 7 a irSeen
| II may state here thltTthe ut1xroWn
number always consists Of a; anu q, q !, frac-
instance. in 8 the unknown number is 4 4,
because q and TX are ", ana plus =
while was recently trying, to deter.
mine the unknown fractions Of different
numbers, II discovered the cur Gus fac
that each sum bears as oWi, secret =, Win n
Is at tho mercy OF any one who ltn Tvs t. t.
formed ,Y Of the If sun sum Itself, BY subtractiny
u inem Of OF the II frastien, whose denom-
major ls formed Of the renairdsr q fhe
gum There.osss Ind the e, "a ls IL
have already ascertained tina T. Q mlssi1s
sum Is always and a fraction In mum %. 3
| larger 2, and as we now know the sec g !
how 70 find the frast o. ohoy we s;st no
| bIcms a comparati, ely easy mater.
"Mo. we are to add /, cert q s Ssn
the Unknown sum must r ! lies. .i3y
adding those two sums we obtain 7c0 l-75S,
which, we are to divide by 49, We md I
is contained time, leaving g rema Ter lei
Of 1. Til $ ! Is equal to 7oS,l5s: to VIII &.
| we add the 1-153, making 75S-7 w ic Y,
divided by 75s results IN rs y; thus tvi ~,
added to 100, namely, I lbs .ss.
mo. 9. We arc g multiply 476s s, BY an 2,
i-4767: 416s multiplied By resu IS 4, Avg s
47Gs ultiplied By 1-4iG1 results "a 4! 1s
Cd to 476S gives US a. total Of 49, 1-4.S ,;
We are to subtract 47sShironE! the resplt
| obtained, and the answer mus: u be the
same as the mutipller. ! 1-47s7. We see 4; ct
a glanco that the remainder OF thegEu
| triction is tho snmo Gum. ! l-47G7, and we
have the. Satisfaction tc know that those
two problems have been ssolyed correctly.
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