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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $25$
- Flooring Figures
- A correspondent accidentally discovered the following when making out an invoice with the items:
- $148 \ \mathrm {ft.}$ flooring boards at $2 \oldpence$ $\pounds 1, 4 \shillings 8 \oldpence$
- $150 \ \mathrm {ft.}$ flooring boards at $2 \oldpence$ $\pounds 1, 5 \shillings 0 \oldpence$
- where it will be seen that in each case the three digits are repeated in the same order.
- He thought this coincidence so extraordinary that he tried to find another similar case.
- This seems to have floored him. But it is possible.
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $25$. -- Flooring Figures