Question

e follow is Al-Khwärizmis solution. As was common, the solution was spelled out in words as a process to follow. Show the computation in modern notation. Then check to see if the solution is indeed accurate. You halve the number of the roots, which in the present instance yields ive. This you multiply by itself; the product is twenty-five. Add this to thirty-nine; the sum is sixty-four. Now take the root of this, which is eight, and subtract from it half the number of the roots, which is five; the remainder is three. This is the root of the square which you sought for, the square itself is nine.

Answer 1

In Modesn Notation, the equation is And al-khesosizmi's solution is then 39445 (X+5) = (x+ 5). 64 J64 9