Pleasant Mathematics

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“Whilst making love a necklace broke.
A row of pearls mislaid.
One sixth fell to the floor.
One fifth upon the bed.
The young woman saved one third of them.
One tenth were caught by her lover.
If six pearls remained upon the string
How many pearls were there altogether?”
— Bhaskaracharya, “Mathematical Problem”

These Indian Mathematicians would make me love mathematics

Bhāskara II (1114–1185)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhāskara_II

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“Whilst making love a necklace broke.
A row of pearls mislaid.
One sixth fell to the floor.
One fifth upon the bed.
The young woman saved one third of them.
One tenth were caught by her lover.
If six pearls remained upon the string
How many pearls were there altogether?”
— Bhaskaracharya, “Mathematical Problem”

These Indian Mathematicians would make me love mathematics


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhāskara_II

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I made it 35 but my maths are terrible

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PLEASE send PM with answer so other people cab also guess

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Does anyone know the answer ?

I hope someone will work it out soon