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This sheet refers to the problem on page 411 of L'arithmétique ... aussi l'algebre
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Question XII.
Trouuons deux nombres tells, que le quarré de la moitie du premier soit egal au & que le produict du premier par le second + 16, soit
[Translation: Question XII.
Find two numbers, such that the square of half the first is equal to the second, and the product of the first and the second, plus 16, is 225.
Harriot worked this problem in general form in Add MS f. f. . Here he investigates it using the technique of multiplying the root. ]
Question XII.
Trouuons deux nombres tells, que le quarré de la moitie du premier soit egal au & que le produict du premier par le second + 16, soit
[Translation: Question XII.
Find two numbers, such that the square of half the first is equal to the second, and the product of the first and the second, plus 16, is 225.
Harriot worked this problem in general form in Add MS f. f. . Here he investigates it using the technique of multiplying the root. ]
Stevin. pag.
De multiplicatione
[Translation: On the multiplication of ]
[Translation: On the multiplication of ]
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