Hipity-Hop the lame peddler
Puzzle
Hipity-Hop, the lame peddler, says that he went up a hill at the rate of one and a half miles per hour and came down at the rate of four and a half miles per hour, so that it took him just six hours to make the round trip. Can you tell how far it was to the top of the hill ?
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References
- Loyd, Sam [1914]. in Loyd, Sam, Jr.: Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles Tricks and Conundrums (in English). New York: Lamb Publishing company, page 49.
