 A mule and a donkey were going to market laden with wheat. The mule said : " If you give me one measure, I should carry twice as much as you ; but if I give you one, we should have equal burdens.  Elementary Algebra: First Year Course - Page 199by Florian Cajori, Letitia Rebekah Odell - 1915Full view - About this book
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...little problem, which occurs in the Palatine Anthology and is attributed by tradition to Euclid. (_" A mule and a donkey were going to market laden with wheat. The mule said ' If you gave me one measure I should curry twice as much as you, but if I gave you one we should bear... | |
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