In an experiment conducted at a laboratory, 160 white mice were injected with Serum D. 160 other white mice were injected with a harmless sugar solution. In two weeks time 39% of the white mice, who were injected with Serum D contracted the highly contagious and often fatal disease, jungle fever. Hence, it can be concluded that jungle fever is caused by some elements similar to the elements in Serum D.
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A boy was asked to multiply a given number by 8/17. Instead, the divided the given number by 8/17 and got the 225 more than what he should have got if he had multiplied the number by 8/17. The given number was
