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When asked what caused her distress... she sadly replied:

'Apples, those I brought from Helicon to my bosom.'

After tearing at me, - here these Muses stole them bit by bit:

One fifth was taken by Clio; then a twelfth disappeared

In the hands of Euterpe; an eighth was scattered by Thalia.

A twentieth by Melpomene. And a quarter by Terpsichore

Was carried away. A seventh was claimed by Erato.

Then a thirtieth was claimed by Polyhymnia;

And four times as much was taken by noble Urania

Clio with three hundred of my beautiful apples made off.

Now I return home empty-handed. See how many are left:

They did not leave more than fifty in my bosom.
If $x$ is the number of apples, then

$$
x-\frac{x}{5}-\frac{x}{12}-\frac{x}{8}-\frac{x}{20}-\frac{x}{4}-\frac{x}{7}-30-120-300=50
$$

from which

$$
x=3360
$$

Number of solutions: 29.

(Vilmos Eckstein, Budapest.)