History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s14.50

v1.c8.s14.50

(5) Four times the square-root of half the number of a collection of boars went to a forest wherein tigers were at play; 8 times the square-root of 1/10 of the remainder went to a mountain; and 9 times the square-root of ½ of the (next) remainder went to the bank of a river; and boars equivalent in (numerical) measure to 56 were seen to remain in the forest. Give the numerical measure of all those boars.¹