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(1) To find a number which tells what person in a row (if no more than 9 people are in a row) is wearing a ring on which joint of which finger, double the number of the person in the row, add 5, multiply by 5, add the number of the finger, multiply by 10, add the number of the finger joint and subtract 250. The hundreds digit tells the person, the tens digit tell the finger, and the units digit tells the finger joint.
(2) There is a lion in a well whose depth is 50 palms. He climbs 1/7 of a palm daily and slips back 1/9 of a palm. In how many days will he get out of the well?
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(1) To find a number which tells what person in a row (if no more than 9 people are in a row) is wearing a ring on which joint of which finger, double the number of the person in the row, add 5, multiply by 5, add the number of the finger, multiply by 10, add the number of the finger joint and subtract 250. The hundreds digit tells the person, ...
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