Mathematics can be poetic.... sorta.
This is a problem from "Lilavati" written by the Hindu Mathematician Bhaskara.
Beautiful maiden with beaming eyes, tell me, as thou understandst the right method of inversion, which is the number which multiplied by 3, then increased by 3/4 of the product, then divided by 7, diminished by 1/3 of the quotient, multiplied by itself, diminished by 52, by the extraction of the square root, addition of 8, and divided by 10 gives the number 2?
BTW, I will give a special gift to any of the regular readers of this page if you can answer the question... I will also give 1 hint to any of you that give me a call and ask for it.
Later,
Doc
Beautiful maiden with beaming eyes, tell me, as thou understandst the right method of inversion, which is the number which multiplied by 3, then increased by 3/4 of the product, then divided by 7, diminished by 1/3 of the quotient, multiplied by itself, diminished by 52, by the extraction of the square root, addition of 8, and divided by 10 gives the number 2?
BTW, I will give a special gift to any of the regular readers of this page if you can answer the question... I will also give 1 hint to any of you that give me a call and ask for it.
Later,
Doc