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Can this make mathematical sense?
Ancient poem: He had had descendants, / but one third died in childbirth, / one fourth of disease, / one fifth Resheph [god of plague] gathered to himself, / one sixth were lost at sea, / one seventh fell in battle.
4 Answers
- 3 months ago
depends on if you mean in the second two cases, one sixth of the original # or one sixth of those who made it to adulthood.
- Anonymous3 months ago
One way to look at it is he had seven descendants and saying 1/4 is like saying the 4th descendants
