This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...be interchanged, the number will be increased by 5. Find the number. 32. A man paid $ 11 for oranges, buying some of them at eighteen for 25 cents, and the rest at sixteen for 25 cents. He sold them all at 25 cents a dozen and gained $4.50. How many oranges did he buy? 33. If the numerator of a fraction be doubled and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...be interchanged, the number will be increased by 5. Find the number. 32. A man paid $ 11 for oranges, buying some of them at eighteen for 25 cents, and the rest at sixteen for 25 cents. He sold them all at 25 cents a dozen and gained $4.50. How many oranges did he buy? 33. If the numerator of a fraction be doubled and 2 added to the denominator, its value will be f; and if the denominator be doubled and 3 added to the numerator, its value will be . What is the fraction? 34. A and B together had $99,000. After A had lost of his money in speculation and B f of his, they together had $ 61,000 left. How much had each at first? 35. A man invested $20,000, partly in 4% bonds, and partly in 5% bonds. The annual income from the 4% bonds exceeds the annual income from the 5% bonds by $ 125. How much did he invest at 5 per cent? 36. A and B can do a piece of work in a days; B and C can do it in b days; A and C can do it in c days. In how many days can each do the work? 37. Eight years ago a man was three times as old as his son, and five years hence four times the son's age will equal twice the father's age. Find the age of each. 38. A certain number exceeds five times the sum of its two digits by twenty; and if the number be divided by the left-hand digit, the quotient will be ten and the remainder five. Find the number. 39. After A had sold sixty-two sheep to B and eighteen to C, they each had the same number. Before A made these sales, he lacked only eight sheep of having as many as B and C together. How many have all? 40. If a rectangular piece of paper were three inches shorter and two inches wider, the area would be 11 square inches less; but if a strip two inches wide be cut off around the paper, the area will be diminished 124 square inches. Find the ar...
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