History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s19.t1.39

v2.c17.s19.t1.39

By taking the right triangles (3, 4, 5) and (15, 8, 17) Bhâskara II gets another cyclic quadrilateral (68, 51, 40, 75), whose diagonals are (77, 85), altitude is 308/5, segments are 144/5 and 231/5, and area is 3234.⁴ (Fig. 9). With the sequence of the sides (68, 40, 51, 75) the diagonals are (77, 84) (Fig. 10), and with (68, 40, 75, 51) they are (84, 85). (Fig. 11).