{"id":4001,"date":"2024-06-22T10:09:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T14:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/?p=4001"},"modified":"2024-06-22T10:09:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T14:09:37","slug":"making-arrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/2024\/06\/22\/making-arrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Arrows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This is an interesting problem from 180 BC China.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn one day, a person can make 30 arrows or fletch [put the feathers on] 20 arrows.\u00a0 How many arrows can this person both make and fletch in a day?\u201d<\/p>\n

It turns out the solution to this problem led me into the history of numerator\/denominator (aka common) fractions, a subject I had been finding difficult to track down.<\/p>\n

Answer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See Making Arrows<\/a> for a solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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