SOLUTION: On an expedition to seize his enemy's elephants, a king marched two yojanas the first day. Say,intelligent calculator, with what increasing rate of daily march did he proceed, sinc
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Question 1085264: On an expedition to seize his enemy's elephants, a king marched two yojanas the first day. Say,intelligent calculator, with what increasing rate of daily march did he proceed, since he reached his foe'scity, a distance of eighty yojanas, in a week?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
He already covered 2 yojanas and he needs to
cover 80 yojanas, so he he has 78 to go
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If it is a 7 day week, he used up 1 days, so he
has 6 days left
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His rate of travel must now be:
13 yojanas/day
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Definitely get a 2nd opinion on this.
I could easily read this incorrectly.
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