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"Given the length of the house 11 cubits, and the width 5 cubits, to find the age,—that is to say, how many years such a house will stand. By the rule 11×5=55, and 55×27=1485, 1485÷100=14, the remainder being 85,—which remainder indicates the number of years the house will stand."