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Loci: Convergence

Brazen Lion

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I am a brazen lion; my spouts are my two eyes, my mouth, and the flat of my right foot.  My right eye fills a jar in 2 days, my left eye in 3, and my foot in 4.  My mouth is capable of filling it in 6 hours.  Tell me how long all 4 together will take to fill it.  (Greece, AD 500)

Answer:  12/61 days; or 4 hours, 43 minutes, and almost 17 seconds



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