 | Peter Damerow - 1995 - 444 lapas
...example Example of a round field of diameter 9 khet. What is its area? Take away * of the diameter, namely 1; the remainder is 8. Multiply 8 times 8; it makes 64. Therefore it contains 64 setat of land. Second example Someone has a room which is 50 ells long and... | |
 | J.L. Berggren, Jonathan M. Borwein, Peter Borwein - 2004 - 832 lapas
...Pro6lem 50 Example of a round field of diameter 9 khet. What is its area? Take away ¿ of the diameter, namely 1; the remainder is 8. Multiply 8 times 8; it makes 64. Therefore it contains 64 selal of land. Do it thus: 1 9 1; this taken away leaves 8 1 8 2 16 4 32 Its... | |
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Take away 1/9 of 9, namely, 1; the remainder is 8. Multiply 8 times 8; it makes 64. Multiply 64 times 10; it makes 640 cubed cubits. 