Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/79 - Egg Laying
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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $79$
- Egg Laying
- The following is a new variation of an old friend.
- Though it looks rather complicated and difficult, it is absurdly easy if properly attacked.
- If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half,
- how many and a half who lay better by half will lay half a score and a half in a week and a half?
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Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $79$. -- Egg Laying
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Miscellaneous Puzzles: $161$. Egg Laying