Question

problem: writing sometimes uses numbers in ways which are not in common use. for example, twenty - four blackbirds are meant by the reference to four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. there are echoes of an old system of counting by twenties when a lifespan is described as three score years and ten, rather than seventy. how would you interpret one and two score? a 3 b 39 c 41 d 80 e 1220

Explanation:

Step1: Understand the counting system

In the old system of counting by twenties, a "score" represents 20. So "one and two score" means 1 + 2 times 20.

Step2: Calculate the value

First, calculate 2 score: \( 2\times20 = 40 \). Then add 1: \( 1 + 40 = 41 \).

Answer:

C 41