A person let his house to several inmates, who occupied different floors, and having a garden attached to the house, he was desirous of dividing it among them.
There were ten trees in the garden, and he was desirous of dividing it so that each of the five inmates should have an equal share of garden and two trees.
How did he do it?
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1. THE DIVIDED GARDEN ANSWER.
Excerpt from the book:
EVERY BOY’S BOOK: A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS.
EDITED BY EDMUND ROUTLEDGE.
With more than Six Hundred Illustrations
FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNS.
LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,
THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE.
NEW YORK: 416, BROOME STREET.
1869.
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