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A fisherman sells a sturgeon weighing sixty pounds to three persons, head, tail and body. The head weighs one-third of the whole, and the tail one-fourth. What was the weight of the body? Solution: Source: Tartaglia, 1540
A fisherman sells a sturgeon weighing sixty pounds to three persons, head, tail and body. The head weighs one-third of the whole, and the tail one-fourth. What was the weight of the body?
Solution:
Source: Tartaglia, 1540