Description : A hundred stones are placed, in a straight line, a yard distant from each other. How many yards must a person walk, who undertakes to pick them up, and place them in a basket stationed one yard from the first stone? -Riddles
Last Answer : In solving this question it is clear that to pick up the first stone and put it into the basket, the person must walk two yards, one in going for the stone and another in returning with it; that ... one does not see why we multiply 202 by 50 in getting the answer, we refer him to his arithmetic.