MATH 1100Y Quiz: MATH1101Y-Quiz-Solutions (1)
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Mathematics 1101y calculus i: functions and calculus of one variable. Mathematicians in medieval india traditionally wrote up much of their work in verse. The problem below was posed by bhaskara (c. 1114-1185 a. d. ) in a book dedicated to his daughter lilavati: The square root of half the number of bees in a swarm. Eight ninths of the swarm has remained behind; And a female bee ies about a male who is buzzing inside a lotus ower; In the night, allured by the ower"s sweet odour, he went inside it. Tell me, most enchanting lady, the number of bees: restate the problem given above as an equation. Solve the equation you obtained in your solution to 1. Note: for those interested in the history of mathematics, bhaskara developed a number of techniques that anticipated portions of both di erential and integral calculus. The translation given above of bhaskara"s problem is taken from the heritage of thales, by.
