3.2: Some classical examples
Problem 79 Katya and her friends stand in a circle in such a way that the two neighbours of each child are of the same gender. If there are five boys in the circle, how many girls are there?
Problem 80 How much pure water must be added to a vat containing 10 litres of 60% solution of acid to dilute it into a 20% solution of acid?
5 Gorky (now the city of Nizhny Novgorod) lies to the east of Moscow.
Problem 81 A mother is times as old as her daughter. Six years ago the mother was 4 times as old as her daughter. How old are mother and daughter?
Problem 82
(a) Tom takes 2 hours to complete a job. Dick takes 3 hours to complete the same job. Harry takes 4 hours to complete the same job. How long would they take to complete the job, all working together (at their own rates)?
(b) Tom and Dick take 2 hours to complete a job working together. Dick and Harry take 3 hours to complete the same job. Harry and Tom take 4 hours to complete the same job. How long would they take to complete the same job, all working together?
Problem 83 A team of mowers had to mow two fields, one twice as large as the other. The team spent half-a-day mowing the larger field. After that the team split: one half continued working on the big field and finished it by evening; the other half worked on the smaller field, and did not finish it that day - but the remaining part was mowed by one mower in one day. How many mowers were there?