Show LITTLE PROBLEMS I Look Easy But Take Some Fig Figuring t to Work Out 1 I Baltimore News r u can got get a deal of amusement tt oi these little tittle problems said H HP i iP P Chambers Chamber of If at the tho Lex Lexington ington as he abandoned an effort to f figure out th fractional relations be bet between t tween men a bar barrel rot of potatoes j and alid a lot of oC ungodly ons There Is isa I Ia a simple one that nearly nearh always catches the unwar unwary It ls is this It a bottle bottlo and cork together cost an anthe ani the bottle costs 1 more than the cork what does the bottle cost The first impulse Is to ansWer I and I have hao seen good make the mistake Hero Is another I It A and B can do doa a piece of work inn In a da day and a half I and and A and C can do It In two days das and if A can do It alone In the time itT It would take Band B and C to do it how howlong howlong long would it talc take A to finish the job It Is of course that ther is no Interference b by walking delegates s Manager Gilbert pursued d an early fly across the tho cigar I case f oil Oh yes said Mr lr Chambers hero I is another that almost proves figures I A and and B had 60 00 apples I the they divided A sold his at 1 I If f fOr r 1 cent receipts 10 cents B sold his at 2 for 1 c nt receIpts 15 cents To Total tat tal receipts 25 cents Now C canto came along with 60 apples found out what the tho market price was and said Ill sell sall m my apples at the combIned prIce thus thusA A 30 apples 3 for 1 cent cont 10 cents apples 2 for fOl 1 cent 15 cents apples 5 for 2 cents 25 23 cents So C sold his apples on that buMs ig 5 for 2 cents but realized only 24 cents and now hes wondering where that other cent has gone I |