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krid the chaise to twice the price of the horse and the har- 

 ness -, what did he give for each ? 



Ans. 13I. 6s. 8d. for the horse, 61. 13s. 4d. for the harr 

 ness, and 40I. for the chaise. 



14. Two persons, A and B, have both the same in- 

 come ; A saves one fifth of his yearly, but B, by spend- 

 ing 50I. per annum more than A, at the end of 4 years 

 finds himself lool. in debt j what is their income ? 



Ans. 125!. 



15. A gentleman has two horses, and a saddle worth 

 '50I. Now if the saddle be put on the back of the first 

 horse, it will make his value double that of the second ; 

 but if it be put on the back of the second, it will make 

 his value triple that of the first ; what is the value of each 

 horse ? Ans. One 30I. and the other 40L 



16. To divide the number 36 into three such parts, that 

 ^ of the first, y of the second, and -J of the third, may 

 be all equal to each other. 



Ans. The parts are 8, 12 and 16. 



17. A footman agreed to ser\'e his master for 81. a year 

 and a livery, but was turned away at the end of 7 months, 

 and received only 2I. 13s. 4d. and his livery 5 what was its 

 value ? Ans. 4I. i6s^ 



18. A gentleman was desirous of giving 3d. a piece to 

 some poor beggars, but found, that he had not money 

 enough in his pocket by 8d. hetherefore gave them each 

 2d. and had then 3d. remaining ; required the number of 

 beggars. Ans. 11. 



19. A hare is 50 leaps before a grey hound, and takes 

 4 leaps to the grey liound's 3 *, but 2 pf the grey hound's 

 leaps are as much as 3 of the hare's j how many leaps 

 must the gi-Cy hound take to catch the hare ? Ans. 300. 



20. A person at play lost -^ of his money, and then won 

 3 shillings ; after which he lost j of what he then had, 



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