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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke
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To: Graham C. who wrote (8922)3/11/1999 8:52:00 PM
From: William   of 62566
 
Monkey Business

A rope over the top of a fence has the same length on each
side. It weighs one third of a pound per foot. On one end
hangs a monkey holding a banana, and on the other end a
weight equal to the weight of the monkey. The banana weighs
two ounces per inch. The rope is as long (in feet) as the
age of the monkey (in years), and the weight of the monkey
(in ounces) is the same as the age of the monkey's mother.
The combined ages of the monkey and its mother are thirty
years. One half the weight of the monkey, plus the weight
of the banana, is one forth as much as the weight of the
weight and the weight of the rope. The monkey's mother is
half as old as the monkey will be when it is three times as
old as its mother was when she was half as old as the monkey
will be when it is as old as its mother will be when she is four
times as old as the monkey was when it was twice as old as its
mother was when she was one third as old as the monkey was
when it was as old as its mother was when she was three times
as old as the monkey was when it was one forth as old as it
is now. How long is the banana?

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