The man must have paid £500 and £750 for the two machines, making together £1,250; but as he sold them for only £1,200, he lost £50 by the transaction.
9.--THE TWO AEROPLANES.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney.
The man must have paid £500 and £750 for the two machines, making together £1,250; but as he sold them for only £1,200, he lost £50 by the transaction.