Sunday, 11 October 2020

Ancient Egyptian 'algebra': The method of 'false position'

Word Problem using False Position:

As a member of this country side community, I can own $30 m^2$ of farming land in total. The major portion of it will be given to me after the age of 18, but one-ninth of that portion wll be given to me at the age of 12 to practise my farming skill. How much more land will I get on my 18th birthday?
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1 comment:

  1. Susan Gerofsky11 November 2020 at 23:59

    OK -- the word problem is reasonable (although 30 is not divisible by 9) -- but you still need to show how you could use the method of false position to solve this question. Please add this to complete this post!

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