The Monthly Packet or Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Vol. 29: Parts 169 to 174, January-June, 1880 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Yonge, Charlotte Mary

 
9781333261566: The Monthly Packet or Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Vol. 29: Parts 169 to 174, January-June, 1880 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Monthly Packet or Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Vol. 29: Parts 169 to 174, January-June, 1880

Aurelius had commenced his reign by associating his adopted brother Lucius Verus with him in the government. Verus proved wholly incompetent to direct the affairs over which he nominally presided, while some were found to insinuate that, intoxicated by his lieutenant's successes, he dreamt that he could govern the Empire alone, and actually intrigued to overthrow his colleague and patron.'

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Excerpt from The Monthly Packet or Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Vol. 29: Parts 169 to 174, January-June, 1880

If 6 cats kill 6 rats in 6 minutes, how many will be needed to kill 100 rats in 50 minutes?

This is a good example of a phenomenon that often occurs in working problems in double proportion; the answer looks all right at first, but, when we come to test it, we find that, owing to peculiar circumstances in the case, the solution is either impossible or else indefinite, and needing further data. The peculiar circumstance here is that fractional cats or rats are excluded from consideration, and in consequence of this the solution is, as we shall see, indefinite.

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