What can be seen in the middle of March and April that cannot be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
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Wholesale Merchant
A wholesale merchant came to me one day and posed this problem. Every day in his business he has to weigh amounts from one pound to one hundred and twenty-one pounds, to the nearest pound. To do this, what is the minimum number of weights he needs and how heavy should each weight be?
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My friend Asha was throwing a very grand party and wanted to borrow from me 100 wine glasses. I decided to send them through my boy servant Harish.
Just to give an incentive to Harish to deliver the glasses intact I offered him $3 for every glass delivered safely and threatened to forfeit $9 for every glass he broke.
On settlement, Harish received $240 from me. How many glasses did Harish break?
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