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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $134$
- The Bag of Nuts
- There are $100$ nuts distributed between $5$ bags.
- In the first and second there are altogether $52$ nuts;
- in the second and third there are $43$;
- in the third and fourth there are $34$;
- in the fourth and fifth, $30$.
- How many nuts are there in each bag?
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $134$. -- The Bag of Nuts
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Miscellaneous Puzzles: $207$. The Bag of Nuts