28.
2 plus 2 = 4
2 x 2 = 4 The sum and product are alike.
Find another number that when added to itself the sum will equal its
square.
29. A man went to market with 3 baskets of oranges, which he sold at
6d. per dozen; after paying 2s. for refreshments and his coach fare,
he had remaining 7s. The contents of the first and second baskets
were equal to four times the first, and the contents of the first and
half the third were together equal to the second; if he had sold the
second and third baskets at 4d per dozen, he would have made as much
money as he had now remaining. What was the coach fare?
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30. A farmer has a triangular paddock, the sides of which are 900,
750, and 600 links; he requires to cut off 3 roods and 28 perches
therefrom by a straight fence parallel to its least side. What
distance must be taken on the largest and intermediate sides?