Calendar: 1886-1887 Page 728

730 WARNEFORD SCHOLARSHIPS Solve the equations 7ΓΤ -L χ χ χ paid the same sum for each of two baskets of cherries containing together 100 lbs If the prices had been inter- changed should have spent 35 4c more and one basket would have cost 16s 8d more than the other What were the prices Solve r2 9x 16 and a2 b2 x2 a2 b2 and verify in each case that your solution satisfies the equation 10 What is the condition"that the roots of x2 px may be both real both positive Prove that the negative root of x2 Ix is numerically greater than -flrttfjmette How many feet are there in mile How many square yards in an acre How many roods in square mile How many times could three farthings be subtracted from £20 before that sum was exhausted Find the of 22743 and 15827 and the of 12 16 and 22 Find the value of 15f and brin£ Η of £3 35 967 to the fraction of £12 7s 6d Divide Ό020925 by Ό00864 and express the difference between £3 3s 3£d and £2 53125$ as the decimal of fifteen shillings Find by Practice the price of yds ft in at £2 5s per yard