Problem: The Market Women

A number of market women sold their various products at a certain price per pound (different in every case), and each received the same amount — $2s.$ $2\frac 12d.$ What is the greatest number of women there could have been? The price per pound in every case must be such as could be paid in current money.

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  1. Dudeney, H. E.: "Amusements in Mathematics", The Authors' Club, 1917

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