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The Cost of War

After a terrible battle it is found that 70% of the soldiers have lost an eye.

An Investigation of Historical Geometric Constructions

Dynamic geometry software is used to demonstrate early Greek attempts at the trisection of an angle and the squaring of a circle.

Flying High

How high above the earth must a person be raised that he [or she] may see 1/3 of its surface?

Sides of a Rectangle 2

In a rectangle, given the diagonal and perimeter, find the sides

Mathematical Works Printed in the Americas, 1554-1700

A bibliographical reference to mathematics books printed in the new world before 1700.

Height of the Clouds

The edge of a cloud is at an altitude of 20 degrees and the sun above it at 35 degrees. The shadow cast by the edge of the cloud fall on a object 2300 yards away, how high is the cloud?

Sum of Squares

There are two numbers which are to each other as 5 and 6 and the sum of their squares is 2196. What are the numbers?

University Payment Plan

A merchant gave a university 2,814 ducats on the understanding that he was to be paid back 618 ducats per year for 9 years, at the end of which the 2,814 ducats should be considered as paid.

Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faith

A study of Victorian idealism and its relation to religion, as exemplified in the work of three 19th century British mathematicians.

A Triangular Problem

In a right triangle, having been given the perimeter, a, and the length of the perpendicular from the right-angled vertex to the hypotenuse, b, it is required to find the length of the hypotenuse.

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