The method of false position is suitable for solving an equation with one unknown. Usually the equation contains proportionality w.r.t. the unknown. Chinese dish problem discussed last week can be solved by this method.
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Mathematics is an integral part of human history. Whenever I am reading mathematics out of the school context (freedom from constraints an...
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We have seen that Babylonian mathematics had a base 60 (sexagesimal) place value system. That is, the same symbol could be used in the uni... -
Our group chose to represent our topic, the history of the sundial, through this piece of drawing. This is because sundials are usually arti...
Good mango question! I think in the earlier example, the RHS should be 80, rather than 80/3...
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