126. A man inheriting money spends on the first day 19s., twice that
amount on the next, and 19s. additional every day till he exhausts
his fortune by spending on the last day £190 by way of having a real
good time of it and treating his friends to a good “blow out.” What
amount of money had he left to him at the start?
127. A shopkeeper makes on a certain article the first day a profit
of 3d., the second day 4·2d., and so on, profit increasing each day
by 1·2d. He had a profit of 14s. 3d. on the whole. How many days was
he selling the article?
“AWFUL SACRIFICE.”
One of those generous, disinterested, self-sacrificing tradesmen,
having stuck upon every other pane of glass in his window,
“Selling-off,” “No reasonable offer refused,” “Must close on
Saturday,” offered himself as bail, or security, in some case
which was brought before a magistrate, when the following dialogue
ensued:--The magistrate asking him if he was worth £200, “Yes,” he
replied. “But you are about to remove, are you not?” “No.” “Why, you
write up, ‘Selling-off.’” “Yes, every shopkeeper is selling off.”
“You say, ‘No reasonable offer will be refused.’” “Well, I should be
very unreasonable if I did refuse such offers.” “But you say, ‘Must
close on Saturday.’” “To be sure; you would not have me open on
Sunday, would you?”
128. A man dying left his property of £10,000 to his four children,
aged respectively 6, 8, 10, and 12 years, on the understanding that
each on attaining his majority shall receive the same amount of
money, comp. interest at the rate of 4½ per cent. being allowed.
What is the amount of the £10,000 payable to each?