5.W.1. BOILING EGGS
New section. These are essentially parodies of the Cistern Problem, 7.H.
McKay. Party Night. 1940. No. 28, p. 182. "An egg takes 3½ minutes to boil. How long should 12 eggs take?"
Jonathan Always. Puzzles to Puzzle You. Op. cit. in 5.K.2. 1965. No. 88: A boiling problem, pp. 29 & 82. "If it takes 3½ minutes to boil 2 eggs, how long will it take to boil 4 eggs?"
John King, ed. John King 1795 Arithmetical Book. Published by the editor, who is the great-great-grandson of the 1795 writer, Twickenham, 1995. P. 161, the editor mentions "If a girl on a hilltop can see two miles, how far would two girls be able to see?"
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