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24-Ruby IV
October 26, 2013
Question

Can you solve with Mathcad this system of equations?

  • October 26, 2013
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A good sample of cash payments can be found in the "Bourgeois Gentilhomme” by Moliere (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bourgeois_gentilhomme).

DORANTE: Do you remember well all the money you have lent me?

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: I believe so. I made a little note of it. Here it is. Once you were given two hundred louis d'or.

DORANTE: That's true.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Another time, six-score.

DORANTE: Yes.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: And another time, a hundred and forty.

DORANTE: You're right.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: These three items make four hundred and sixty louis d'or, which comes to five thousand sixty livres

DORANTE: The account is quite right. Five thousand sixty livres.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: One thousand eight hundred thirty-two livres to your plume-maker.

DORANTE: Exactly.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Two thousand seven hundred eighty livres to your tailor.

DORANTE: It's true.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Four thousand three hundred seventy-nine livres twelve sols eight deniers to your tradesman.

DORANTE: Quite right. Twelve sols eight deniers. The account is exact.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: And one thousand seven hundred forty-eight livres seven sols four deniers to your saddler.

DORANTE: All that is true. What does that come to?

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Sum total, fifteen thousand eight hundred livres.

DORANTE: The sum total is exact: fifteen thousand eight hundred livres. To which add two hundred pistoles that you are going to give me, which will make exactly eighteen thousand francs, which I shall pay you at the first opportunity.

What is it six-score? (in Russian translation I see 120 louis d'or).

What is relation between louis d'or, livres, sols, deniers, pistoles and francs?

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1-Visitor
October 26, 2013

score = 20, e.g, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation" from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

That one was easy.

French currency is much more complicated, since it seems to be highly dependent on what specific year the text was written in

TTFN

24-Ruby IV
October 27, 2013

Merci and see my solution. Is it ok or there is another solution?

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