Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/299 - The Weight of the Fish
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $299$
- The Weight of the Fish
- A man caught a fish.
- The tail weighed $9$ ounces.
- The head weighed as much as the tail and half the body,
- and the body weighed as much as the head and tail together.
- What is the weight of the fish?
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Magic Square, Measuring, Weighing, and Packing Problems: $299$. -- The Weight of the Fish
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Miscellaneous Puzzles: $250$. The Weight of the Fish