From: koc@rize.ECE.ORST.EDU (Cetin Kaya Koc)
Subject: Re: Seventh Century A.D. Armenian Math Problems
Organization: College of Engineering, Oregon State University
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> Problem 1
> 
> My father told me the following story. During the famous wars between the 
> Armenians and the Persians, prince Zaurak Kamsarakan performed extraordinary 
> heroic deeds. Three times in a single month he attacked the Persian troops. 
> The first time, he struck down half of the Persian army. The second time, 
> pursuing the Persians, he slaughtered one fourth of the soldiers. The third 
> time, he destroyed one eleventh of the Persian army. The Persians who were 
> still alive, numbering two hundred eighty, fled to Nakhichevan. And so, from 
> this remainder, find how many Persian soldiers there were before the  
massacre.
> 

Answer: a(1-1/2-1/4-1/11)=280 -> a = 1760

Corollary: Armenians strike, slaughter, destroy, and massacre. After all,
           they are not as innocent as the asala network claims.















