Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/347 - The Iron Chain

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $347$

The Iron Chain

Two pieces of iron chain were picked up on the battlefield.

What purpose they had originally served is not certain, and does not immediately concern us.

They were formed of circular iron links (all of the same size) out of metal half an inch thick.

One piece of chain was exactly $3$ feet long, and the other $22$ inches in length.

Now, as one piece contained exactly six links more than the other, how many links were there in each piece of chain?

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Unclassified Problems: $347$. -- The Iron Chain
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