Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 470
matician, that the clock began to strike at however, they reentered the royal presence. Are you entirely agreed as to your an-swer ? asked the king. We are, Sire, replied one of the four. And to what conclusion have you come ? That we entirely disagree. four, and after that struck five, and six,… … VOUR ANSWERS ALL SEEM REASONABLE ENOUGH; HOW AM I TO DECIDE WHICH IS RIGHT? How is that ? demanded the king in atone of disappointment. Is your knowledgeof mathematics at fault ? No, Sire; we all have solved your problem,but in each case with a different result. Then let me hear them all. The four…
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