The mixture of spirits of wine and water is in the proportion of 40 to 1, just as in the other bottle it was in the proportion of 1 to 40.
363.--THE DOCTOR'S QUERY.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney.
The mixture of spirits of wine and water is in the proportion of 40 to 1, just as in the other bottle it was in the proportion of 1 to 40.