This is how a Victorian school boy would solve a math problem 120 years ago. It is written with a quill in India Ink. The problem reads:"Two trains travel between London and Cambridge, The 'Express' at the rate of 32 miles per hour, The 'Parliamentary' at the rate of 14 miles per hour. The Express arrives 2 1/4 hours before the other, what is the distance. ---"
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