1. A railway track runs parallel to a road until a bend brings the road to a level crossing.

A cyclist rides along to work along the road every day at a constant speed of 12miles per hour. He normally meets a train that travels in the same direction at the crossing. One day he was late by 25mins and met the train 6 miles ahead of the level crossing. What is the speed of the train? 2. A cement block balances evenly on the scales with three quarters of a block. What is the weight of the whole block? 3. A beautiful maiden asks me which is the number that, multiplied by 3, then increased by 3/4th of the product, divided by 7, diminished by 1/3rd of the quotient, multiplied by itself, diminished by 52, the square root found, addition of 8, division by 10 gives the number 2? What is the number?