Milford chronicle., 1904-01-29
SOLUTION TO THE EGG PROBLEM.
Many Answers Received From Readers
Of THE Chronicle" FFem This and
Other States.

It. year as a prize to the one sending th
first correct solution to this Office. w
have received many solutions fror
several States, some of which are puI
lished below. The correct solution a
- sent out by the Queen City Ink Com
= pany with the puzzle is as follows:
+ Puzzle:-lfa hen and a half laws al
egg and half in day and a half. how
e many eggs will six hens lay in sever
. days?
n Solution:-One reading the puzzl,
4 would see that one hen LAYS one egg 81
q the end of every thirty-six hours, and
e the half hen would lay half an egg. il
e such thing were possible. In seven
8 days there are 1853 hours. If one hen
lays one egg in thirty-six hours, in l6s
hours she would lay four eggs only, as
> the fifth egg would not be laid until
the middle of the eighth day. Thus if
one hen lays four eggs in seven days
(or l6S hours six hens would Law six
times four, or twenty four eggs.
Among the many solutions received
there are but eight that have got the
correct answer and ali differ in their
solution more or less.
The first correct answer received was
from G. NJ. Tatman, of South Milford.
and was as follows:
Ifl4 hens lay ] eggs in u days, 1
hen Will lay egg in u days, and in
days will lay as many eggs as u will
go into days, which is AZ, and as a
hen can't lay ! of an egg, eggs is all
she can lay in days, so hens will lay
6 times 4, or "A eggs.
The Sc tOnd was from John p. Stew |
ard, of the Milford Postofiice, whose
figures were similar TO the above:
The third was from w. C Henry, of
Milford, who worked it out as follows:
u hens will lay eggs in days, or II
heus will lay 6 eggs in 6 days; or hens
will lay "A eggs in 6 days, aud as it
would be one and one half days before
the next eggs were laid, the answer
would be that 6 hens would lay "a eggs
in days. i
The fourth was from Mrs. Amanda {
NJ. DickersOn, Glendale, Del, who
says: If a hen lays one egg in II days.
then in days she will lay as many as :
is contained times into Z, which is
eggs, aud one day over; and as it
axes her / days to lay one egg. she V
would not produce, and therefore she a
would not lay an egg, so she lays only G
our eggs in days, and hens will lay
times 4, or "a eggs in the days. =,
The fifth was from Miss MinOla X. a.
Ietts, Of Atlantic City, N. j., who "
ays: If one and one-half hens lay an N'
gg and half ia day and half. then
lree hens will lay twice three eggs in Pl
day and half, or six eggs. If six ps
ems lay six eggs in a day and half. ba
x hens will lay twice six eggs in three nj
ays, or II; in six days they will Law
vice II, or "A eggs Then in six DAYS in
X hens will "A eggs. Then to make ~,
lother laying time one and a half 90,
Iys are needed, and as there is only -.
lie day left; so in the time specified, no
Ose six hens can lay only "a eggs.
The sixth solution came from Edward
NTH, Addison, New York, and was
follows: If hen and half Law an
g and half in day and half, they ,
j Icy ,ss III 3 days, or six eggs in
days. the seventh day they will not ="
Z as the problem allows a day and a ,ns
If for each laying. Therefore, if a hen I3v
d half lay six eggs (or rather 7 M ,Oi,
ys) one hen will lay two-thirds of DoI
lumber, which is four; and six "''
rs would lay times 4 which is "a
IS in seven days. II
he seventh correct solution IS given i,,c,
Mary johnson, of Greenwood, and %,
IS follows: If one hen and a half -.
s one egg and half, one hen will 49,.
one egg in one day and a half. and
days one hen will lay eggs. The
enth day does not count, as it takes Js
day and half for one egg. Six Mat
s will lay times eggs or "a eggs. Sun
- ,Ath NOAANCb HilHWEI WIS EGuI OAla
Elias Jester, but without any solu- Tue
/, Wei
7. E. Griffith and J. Davis Bennett Sat,
e also sent the correct solutions and
wer to the above mentioned prob
will be noticed that while these Fl
It correct answers have been OBJ has
ed, they have all arrived by differ M. /
ways to get the correct figures, and tiou
ir Tatman was the first to send Mr.
correct answer, the prize has been muc
rded to him. like
le wide variance of the answers are And
zing. From one we got six as the
ect answer. From another 1176,
many sent % as the as the answer
e several sent So as the number of Ro
that the six hens would lay in CARR
n days. the a