 | Edward Brooks - Mental arithmetic - 1908 - 182 pages
...as far as the one marked with a star. A LESSON I. Cup and Cover and Borrowing Problems. PERSON has 2 silver cups, and only one cover for both. The first cup weighs 12 ounces. If the first cup be covered, it will weigh twice as much as the second, but if the second cup... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1849 - 172 pages
...will be the weight of the second cup, and 2, the weight of the first «up and cover, &c. 2. A lady has two silver cups, and only one cover for both. The first cup weighs 8 ounces. The first cup and cover weigh 3 times as much as the second cup ; and the second cup and... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Mental arithmetic - 1873 - 188 pages
...of all, or 48 ounces. If 3 times the weight of the second cup equals 48 ounces, etc. 2. A gentleman has two silver cups, and only one cover for both. The first cup weighs 10 ounces; and if the firs.t cap be covered, it will weigh 3 times as much as the second, but if the... | |
 | 1897 - 650 pages
...intransitive. III. If you have space in your "Around tbe Table," please solve the enclosed problems. A lady ha,s two silver cups and only one cover for both. The first cup weighs 18 <>7.., and when it la covered It weighs three time* as much as the second cnp ; but when the second... | |
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A certain person has two silver cups, and only one cover for both. The first cup weighs 12 oz. If the first cup be covered it weighs twice as much as the other cup, but if the second be covered it weighs three times as much as the first. 
