Show 0 WHERE DOES THE NICKEL NIC L GO GOA GOA A A FRIEND with a matHematical bent bentia 1 ia J who has been deeply interested in inthe intha the tha Mazy Mary Ann Afla and other pule that have haTe end appeared front from time to time sub submits subunits units mite to The H one eRe is entitled to some me ue consideration eon We te think so III O too Therefore we sUbmit ft to readers re of The Herald and nd so solutions Answers will be p from time to time and to those who out the eb j em correctly c will willbe willbe willbe be given veD the satisfaction that comes from kno knowing In a work has haa been leen n well done does The problem pro lem is Two tamale peddlers start out with thirty th rt tamales each One sells his warea wares at the tile rate ra rat of f three for tor 5 i cents cente The Tb other sells at the Ute rate of two for 5 S cents One night the peddler became becam ill before he had sold solda a He turned his hi can over to the man asking him to dispose d of it U and give Bin him the tite pro proceeds proCeeds lila His companion compani co n agreed a d and abd sold out the entire sixty tamales at the rate of five for 10 cents When he had de deducted deduct ducted duct d 75 Th i cent cento to which he e was entitled entitle tied tle he h found be hu ha butI l only 45 cents left for the other fellow reIlO What became of ot the nickel Xo Ko Now it I t is perfectly apparent t that tha thirty tamales tamale at three for 5 cents should hould bring the owner In InO 10 cents It Itis It ItIe ItIs is Ie equally apparent that thirty at two for tor 5 cents cent should yield 75 7 cents cen ts A Amah Aman Aman man mah with a Q dime to spend could go fist at to one peddler and then to the theother theOther other and secure five tamales tama for his money You may ask ak why a man should pay 10 cents n t for five the tamales tamal from two men mez when from one of ot the theP peddlers P he could p gt d t six ix for tor 10 cents That however is a matter for the pur purchaser chaser char cha r to decide If It he wants to be foolish with his ht money it is his busi burd business ness flees Besides Belde maybe the ve man would only soil sell 5 r cents worth to toa toa a single individual But we e digress ss What becomes b of the Divided the I len get l 12 j for their 11 i r sixty tamales tama 75 cents going to one man and 50 00 cert cents to the other though selling g no more tamales for 10 iu 0 cents c that than t they sold old Separately they thoy get gt only 19 for their sixty In o hr worde words divided they win united thy they the lose And again in other words word What becomes becomE of the nickel That is the question of th hour Un tn Unless less Ie the th plainest of figures ijo ho Ii the tamale taale trust suggested I is be V al tu t the consumer con umer and injurious to the thc trust What hat of the nickel |