Indian Mathematics c12.s2.6

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c12.s2.6

3. Out of a swarm of bees one-fifth settled on a blossom of *kadamba*, one-third on a flower of silīndhrī, three times the difference of those numbers flew to a bloom of kutaja. One bee, which remained, hovered and flew about in the air, allured at the same moment by the pleasing fragrance of a jasmine and pandanus. Tell me, charming woman, the number of bees?

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