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A Yankee mixes a certain number of wooden nutmegs, which cost him 1/4 cent apiece, with a quantity of real nutmegs, worth 4 cents apiece and sells the whole assortment for $44; and gains $3.75 by the fraud. How many wooden nutmegs were there?

From Elements of Algebra, by D.H. Hill, professor of mathematics at Davidson College in North Carolina
Okay, okay, I got this. If wooden nutmegs is w, and real nutmegs is n, the equation we set up is (0.0025)(w)+(0.04)(n)=44.00, and (0.0025)(w)=3.75. You solve the second equation by dividing 3.75 by 0.0025, and you get 1500 wooden nutmegs...wait, did I do this right?
 
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A Yankee mixes a certain number of wooden nutmegs, which cost him 1/4 cent apiece, with a quantity of real nutmegs, worth 4 cents apiece and sells the whole assortment for $44; and gains $3.75 by the fraud. How many wooden nutmegs were there?

From Elements of Algebra, by D.H. Hill, professor of mathematics at Davidson College in North Carolina

Welllll nowwww ... I say let some other shyster calculate precisely the degree of screwing by the Yankee. If he screwed me I'd do a southern version of Tony Soprano on him and take all his money along with his nutmegs. How much better off would he have been not to screw me ? Get out your calculator 'cause you only got like thirty seconds.

BJ
 
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I'll go second ... what's a 'drubbing' ?

Is there a link to that thread? :eek:
drub·bing /ˈdrəbiNG/ noun - a beating; a thrashing

It was this one about the kids taking a game of Rebels and Yankees too far and beating up a kid who picked the yank side. :nah disagree: It didn't turn out well.
 
drub·bing /ˈdrəbiNG/ noun - a beating; a thrashing

It was this one about the kids taking a game of Rebels and Yankees too far and beating up a kid who picked the yank side. :nah disagree: It didn't turn out well.
Thanks! Now I don't need to go looking for that one.

Ah yes ... I seem to remember some fireworks going off around that one :whistling:
Me too. I'll keep my opinion to myself lest we have another drubbing in this thread. :laugh:
 
I hope you will accept me also to join this illustrious Order as I bring to mind one Captain James A. Sayles of the 8th NY Cavalry who lost his life at age 20yrs in service to his country during the Wilson Kautz Raid at Nottoway County Courthouse, Nottoway County, Virginia on June 23, 1864. He was nephew to General Lewis Addison Grant, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac.
 
I,OldReliable1862, being an officer in good standing <ahem cough> of the famed and ever valiant Knights of Edisto hereby dub thee, @Cavalry Charger, a Knight of Edisto!

Arise, brave knight, and go forth to honor all the "boy generals" and young officers who gave their life for the cause for which they fought: the intelligent and zealous young Brigadier General Micah Jenkins, the gallant Major John Pelham, and the courageous Colonel Isaac Avery, of the CS Army. The valiant Lieut. Willie Grout (the youngest Union officer killed in the Civil War,) the fearless Bvt. Brigadier General Henry Livermore Abbott, and the heroic Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing (honored a century and a half late,) of the US Army. And all the other young men, noted for feats of courage, who committed to the cause in which they believed, gave their lives while so doing. Arise, my brave knight, and go forth!
 
OK...but remember you asked for it. And show your work. :sneaky:

A Yankee mixes a certain number of wooden nutmegs, which cost him 1/4 cent apiece, with a quantity of real nutmegs, worth 4 cents apiece and sells the whole assortment for $44; and gains $3.75 by the fraud. How many wooden nutmegs were there?

From Elements of Algebra, by D.H. Hill, professor of mathematics at Davidson College in North Carolina
All right... here we go:

$3.75 = 375 cents
4x - 1/4x = 375 cents with x = wooden nutmegs
= 3 3/4x = 375 cents
-> 375 cents : 3 3/4 = x
x = 100
ergo: the whole assortment contained 100 wooden nutmegs.
 
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It appears our ever noble and valiant ranks are growing...
 
Me too. I'll keep my opinion to myself lest we have another drubbing in this thread. :laugh:
Yeah. Lets try to keep the drubbings to a minimum whenever possible. :D

Or as @Eleanor Rose so aptly quoted earlier: “In this world, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.” ~Elwood P. Dowd
 
So, did I gain membership in the Official D.H. Hill Fan Club? Or does becoming a Knight of Edisto simultaneously mean membership in the Official D.H. Hill Fan Club? If need be, I wouldn't mind solving more algebra equations by Old Rawhide to prove my mathematical competence, though. :D

I chose maths as advanced course for my A-Levels. Many have called me weird since then. :laugh:

And, by the way, I downloaded Hill's algrebra book from archive.org, fully intending to read it and solve all the equations. :nerd: Haven't found the time just yet, though.
 
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