The answer is as follows: £44,444, 4s. 4d. = 28, and, reduced to pence, 10,666,612=28.
It is a curious little coincidence that in the answer 10,666,612 the four central figures indicate the only other answer, £66, 6s. 6d.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney.
The answer is as follows: £44,444, 4s. 4d. = 28, and, reduced to pence, 10,666,612=28.
It is a curious little coincidence that in the answer 10,666,612 the four central figures indicate the only other answer, £66, 6s. 6d.