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== Translation == | == Translation == | ||
In (solving problems on) the rule of three, the argument (pramāṇa) and the requisition ( | In (solving problems on) the rule of three, the argument (pramāṇa) and the requisition (icchā), which are of the same denomination, should be set down in the first and last places; the fruit (phala), which is of a different denomination, should be set down in the middle. (This having been done) that (middle quantity) multiplied by the last quantity should be divided by the first quantity. | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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Verse
आद्यन्तयोस्त्रिराशावभिन्नजाती प्रमाणमिच्छा च ।
फलमन्यजातिमध्ये तदन्त्यगुणमादिना विभजेत् ॥४३॥
Translation
In (solving problems on) the rule of three, the argument (pramāṇa) and the requisition (icchā), which are of the same denomination, should be set down in the first and last places; the fruit (phala), which is of a different denomination, should be set down in the middle. (This having been done) that (middle quantity) multiplied by the last quantity should be divided by the first quantity.