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APPENDIX I
Ex. 130, p. 74. What is the number of necklaces each containing 6
selikās that can be formed out of 16 necklaces each containing 8 setikās ? Oh friend ! tell (me that) definitely.
Ans. 211.
EC. 131, p. 74. How much gold of 11 varnikas can be obtained by giving ninety gadyānakas of gold of 16 varnikas?1
Ans. 13011 gadyānakas. Exs. 132-135, p. 75. What is the interest of 76 in a year at the rate of
5 per cent per month? Oh learned man! if you know the operation of pañcarās'ikā (the rule of five), tell me time, rate and principal from two of them.
Ans. 45% ; 12 months; 5%; and 100; Ex. 136, p. 76. If 2) is the interest of 100% in } month, say what the interest of twenty minus one-fourth ( 20-) in 84 months will be ?
An8. 12072. Ec. 137, p. 77. Oh learned man ! if 3 workers get 20 panas (by working) for two days, tell me what 8 men will get (by working) for five days.
Ans. 133; panas. Ex. 138, p. 78. If 8 mānikās of s'āli (rice) are carried to one yojana for
6 panas as wages, oh learned man! tell me the wages for (taking) 63 mānikās to 18 kros'as (literally six multiplied by three).
Ans. 2125 panas, Ex. 139, p. 78. If a kambala having two for its breadth and eight for its
length costs ten, let (me) be told what two others having three (for breadth) and nine for length will cost ?
Ans. 33 E. 140, p. 79. If a s'ilā (stone) having 9, 5 and I hastikā (respectively)
for its length, breadth and thickness costs 8, say for what will be got 2 stones each of which has for its length, breadth and thickness 10, 7 and 2 hastikās.
Ans. 49%. Ec. 141, p. 79. If 30 pattas, (each of which is) 12 angulas in thickness,
16 (lit. 4° ) angulas in width and 14 hastas in length cost 100, oh friend ! tell me what 14 pattas having their breadth, length and thickness each lessened by 4 cost ?
Ans. 16; (drammas). Ex. 142, p. 80. If 8 drammas are to be paid as wages to cart-drivers for
bringing back the pattas which have their measures as stated
1 Cf. Ganitasārasarigraha p. 60 (v. 18). 2. Ibil. n. 63 / v. 36).
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