MATH PROBLEMS oF HISTORY, Week 7 L Solvelx? 10x = 56 using al-Khwarizmi’s “Completing the Square” procedure, [Note: this requires to draw a square of side length x, with area of 56 — 10x. See last week’s notes for Student Name:_1( || examples of this, You'll need to show the square(s) and rectangles...] (6 points) (2-6), - sq Ars 7 St OF a 5 7 0 ie yp r 10x A ge | x . pe2. Using Cardan’s formula for solving cubie equations. find one root of (3 points) waadeete PE pete mn Usx2ue si : Uaxielet and S\2+U4-S1b 576 24 2448232 2U-B= I Seve xeifat - AW WS4440004) xB adel Noderin? _—_—— ) 2 af-4 [qe pt Ja] 2 Ke 2, BYTE + a bee 2} -lp) [ozo 4 3{-1u five oq? aT aa -B +furrsiz t Y-3-Sevisie re | 154% 0004 | 3. Verify Bombelli’s idea for complex solutions by proving that: (3 points) (2451) =24V51373. Solve the following problem, from Chapter 5 of Cardan’s Ars Magna (1545): 4 points) There were two leaders, each of whom divided 48 aurei (currency, like dollars) among their soldiers. One of these had two more soldiers than the other. The one who had two soldiers fewer had four aurei more for each soldier. Find how many soldiers each had.4. Solve the following problem from Fibonacei’s Liber Acci (1202): (4 points) Two birds start flying from the tops of two towers 50 feet apart; one tower is 30 feet high and the other 40 feet high, Starting at the same time and flying at the same rate, the birds reach a fountain on the ground between the bases of the towers at the same moment. How far is the fountain from each tower? (the fountain is not directly in the middle of the towers)