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Y felling 240 Oranges at five for z d. half of which coft me two a Peny, and the other half three a Peny, I evidently lose a Groat: Pray how comes that about? Anfwer, There were twenty Penyworth more of the last Sort bought, than of the firft; the Remainder at the felling Price mentioned, will fetch but 16 d. whereas they coft me 20 d..

(107) In a Series of proportional Numbers the first is 5, the third 8; the Product of the fecond and third is 78,4: What is the Difference of the second and fourth?

Anfwer, 5,88. (108) What Quantity of Water will you add to a Pipe of Mountain Wine, value 337. to reduce the firft Coft to 45. 6 d. the Gallon?

Anfwer, 203 Gallons.

(109) If the Cubick Inch of Oil Olive be,52835 decimal Parts of an Ounce Avoirdupoiz; what Quantity of Oil, weighing 7 Pound Gallon, will be contained in a Cafk, allowed to hold 13 Gallons of Water, each 282 folid Inches? Anfwer, 165 Gallons.

(110) With 13 Gallons of Canary, at 6 s. 8 d. a Gallon, I mingled 20 Gallons of White Wine, at 5 s. a Gallon; and to these added 10 Gallons of Cyder at 35. a Gallon, at what Rate muft I fell a Quart of this Mixture, fo as to clear 10 Ꮰ Cent ? Anfwer, 16 d. (111) What Difference will there be to the Proprietors of an Aqueduct, between doubling an Expence, and halving a Profit? Answer, 4 to 1.

(112) If 100l. in 12 Years, be allowed to gain 397. 195. 8 d. in what Time will any other Sum of Money double itfelf by the fame Rate of Interest?

Anfwer, Something more than 30 Years. (113) What Difference is there between the Intereft of 500%. at 5 Cent. for twelve Years, and the Discount of the fame Sum, at the fame Rate, and for the fame Time?

Answer, 112. 10s. Advantage to the Interest.

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(114) When the Sun is in the Meridian at Soho-Square, in what Time will it be fo at Tyburn, lying due Weft of it, at the Distance of a measured Mile, in the Latitude of 51 Degrees, where the Degree of Longitude turns out Miles 37, known by the diurnal Rotation of the earth to pass in 4 Minutes time?

Anfwer, 6 Seconds, and 26 Thirds nearly.

(115) If 12 Apples are worth 21 Pears, and 3 Pears coft a Halfpeny; what will be the Price of fourfcore and four Apples? Answer, 2s. od.

(116) Six of the Female Cricketers that play'd lately in the Artillery Ground, fetched in Company Strokes as follows, viz. A. B. C. D. E. 207, A. C. D. E. F. 213, A. D. E. F. B. 189, A. E. B. C. F. 234, A. B. D. C. F. 222, B. F. D. C. E. 250: How many did they fetch on the other Side, fince these 6 Perfons wanted but fourscore and 13 Notches to decide the Game? Answer, 356.

(117) If a Sack of Coals be the Allowance of 7 poor People for a Week, how many Poor belonged to that Parish, which, when Coals were 36s. Chaldron, had 417. to pay in 6 Weeks on that Account?

Anfwer, 3188.

(118) It is a Rule in fome Parishes to affefs the Inhabitants in Proportion to of their Rents: What is the yearly Rent pray of that Houte, which pays 81. 10s. to the King under this Limitation, at 4 s. in the Pound?

Anfwer, 421. 10 s. od.
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(119) If by felling Hops at 3 . 10s. clears 30 Cent. what was his Gain fame Goods fold at 47. and a Crown?

Cent. when the

Anfwer, 571. 175. 1d.

(120) If by remitting to Holland, at 31s. 9d. Flem. Pound Sterling, 5 Cent. is gained: How goes the Exchange, when by Remittance I clear 10 Cent?

Anfwer, 335. 3 d.

(121) If, when Port Wine is 17 Guineas the Hogfhead, a Company of 45 People will (pend 20l. therein, in a certain Time; what is Wine a tipe, when 13 Perfons more, will fpend 637. in twice time, drinking with equal Moderation? Answer, 431. 12s. 6d. nearly.

(122) I am dispatched on a Commiffion from London to Edinburgh, diftant by Computation, fay 350 Miles, and my Rout is fettled at 22 Miles a Day: You, 4 Days after, are fent after me with fresh Orders, and are to travel 32 Miles a Day; whereabout on the Road fhall I be overtaken by you? Anfwer, 684 Miles on this Side Edinburgh.

(1) The Net Proceeds of a Hhd. of Barbadoes Sugar, were 4. 14 s. 6 d. the Cuftom and Fees, 2 l. 8 s. 6d. Freight, 22 s. 8 d. Factorage, 4 s. 6d. The grofs Weight was, Cwt. 9. 94 lb. Tare, 1 in 10; pray then how was the Sugar rated in the Bill of Parcels?

Anfwer, 19s. 227 Cwt. nearly. (124) Sold a repeating Watch for 50 Guineas, and by fo Cent. whereas I ought, in dealing, to have Cent. then how much was it fold under the

doing loft 17 cleared 20 juft Value?

Anfwer, 23 1. 8s. o3d.

(125) If 6 lb. of Pepper be worth 13 lb. of Ginger, and 19lb of this be worth 4 lb. of Cloves, and 10 lb. of Cloves be equivalent to 63 lb. of Sugar, at 5 d. Pound; what is the Value of an Cut. of Pepper?

Anfwer, 71. 2 s. 574d.

(126) If by fending Pewter to Turkey, and parting with it at 25 d. Pound, the Merchant clears Cent. Cent. what does he clear in Holland, where he disposes of the Cwt. for 81. ? Anfwer, 21. os. 23 d.

(127) If 30 Men can perform a piece of Work in 11 Days, how many will accomplish another, 4 times as big, in one fifth of the time?

Anfwer, 600.

(128) A May-Pole, 50 Feet II Inches long, at a certain' time of Day, will caft a Shadow 98 Feet 6 Inches long: I would hereby find the Breadth of a River, that, running within 20 Feet 6 Inches of the Foot of a Steeple, 300 Feet 8 Inches high, will, at the fame Time, throw the Extremity of its Shadow 30 Feet 9 Inches beyond the Stream.

Anfwer, 530 Feet, 447 Inches nearly.

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