This following problem is supposed to have been given by
Euclid in his lectures in Alexandria about 280 B.C.
A mule and donkey were going to the market laden with wheat.
The mule said “if you give me one measure. I should carry twice as much as you
as you but it I give you one, we should have equal burdens.”
What were their burdens?
Answer: Their
burdens were 7 and 5.
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