Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6784

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              <s xml:space="preserve"> Here Harriot solves the equation
                <math>
                  <mstyle>
                    <mn>2</mn>
                    <mn>5</mn>
                    <mo>=</mo>
                    <mn>6</mn>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mo>-</mo>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                  </mstyle>
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              (in modern notation,
                <math>
                  <mstyle>
                    <mn>2</mn>
                    <mn>5</mn>
                    <mo>=</mo>
                    <mn>6</mn>
                    <mi>x</mi>
                    <mo>-</mo>
                    <mrow>
                      <msup>
                        <mi>x</mi>
                        <mn>2</mn>
                      </msup>
                    </mrow>
                  </mstyle>
                </math>
              ) for the roots
                <math>
                  <mstyle>
                    <mn>3</mn>
                    <mo>+</mo>
                    <msqrt>
                      <mrow>
                        <mo>-</mo>
                        <mn>1</mn>
                      </mrow>
                    </msqrt>
                  </mstyle>
                </math>
              and
                <math>
                  <mstyle>
                    <mn>3</mn>
                    <mo>-</mo>
                    <msqrt>
                      <mrow>
                        <mo>-</mo>
                        <mn>1</mn>
                      </mrow>
                    </msqrt>
                  </mstyle>
                </math>
              . He then checks by multiplication that these values do indeed satisfy the equation. </s>
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