"O! tender girl, out of the swans in a certain lake, ten times the square root of their number went away to Manasarovara when the rainy season arrived, one eighth of that number went away to the Sthala Padmini forest. Three pairs of swans remained in the tank, sporting in the water. What is the total number of swans?"
Quadratic equation

January 1, 1970

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A Quadratic equation with solution x=144.

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