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Chapter 454 Ye Xuan: A Little Trick

Chapter 454 Ye Xuan: A little trick

This question comes from Zhangqiu Jian Suan Jing, which has been written for more than a thousand years.

But in this day and age, many books are not widely circulated. In addition, after the Song Dynasty, the focus was on the collection of classics and history rather than this kind of content, so there were really not many people present who could react to it.

Moreover, there is actually no clear and specific answer to this question in the book.

It can be said that this problem has troubled many people for hundreds of years.

If this question were placed on another occasion and the person asking the question was changed, it would be regarded as a provocation.

But the person being consulted now is Ye Xuan, which guarantees that everyone instinctively feels that Ye Xuan can answer this question.

For a moment, everything was silent, and everyone looked at Ye Xuan with expectant or worried eyes.

Some people hope to get an answer to improve their understanding of arithmetic, while others want to see a joke. After all, Ye Xuan has a good reputation and has offended many people.

However, after hearing this question, Ye Xuan smiled and gave the answer without thinking.

"This question is not difficult. If you want to answer it, I can give you the answer now, but I'm afraid even if I tell you, you won't understand the reason."

After hearing what Ye Xuan said, the student who asked the question couldn't help but look strange, thinking that Ye Xuan looked down on him.

The rest of the people couldn't help but whisper when they heard Ye Xuan's words.

"It's really not easy to solve this problem. You can't think about it one by one, right?"

"Yes, I'm afraid this question will be difficult to solve in a short while. Isn't Mr. Ye just talking nonsense?"

The crowd's voice was very low, Hui Ye Xuan didn't hear it.

It's just that Ye Xuan doesn't want to pay attention to them. After all, if you want to convince everyone, you need to rely on your ability.

So he raised his hand and pressed it in mid-air to signal everyone to be quiet. Then he picked up his pen and wrote a strange line on the special blackboard behind him.

In fact, it is strange. Anyone who has done equations can understand it.

It's just that there are not many people present who can understand this. Even if they understand the reason, they may not understand the formula.

Of course, Ye Xuan did not use any letters, but replaced them all with letters such as A, B, C, and D to facilitate the understanding of everyone present.

After a while, a question with parentheses was written.

Ye Xuan turned around and looked at everyone, smiled and spoke.

"But if I have this help to explain the process, everyone will be able to understand my problem-solving ideas. If you encounter other problems in the future, you can also draw inferences!"

Saying that, Ye Xuan looked at the person who asked the question again.

"Just sit down and wait until the answer is finished. If you still don't understand, it's not too late to get up again.

The student was stunned by Ye Xuan's words and didn't know whether to listen or not.

Fortunately, the person next to him gave him a hand and he sat down, but his face didn't look good.

He is obsessed with arithmetic. He has read many arithmetic classics over the years, and he thinks he is proficient in it.

He himself had various assumptions about the problem in front of him, but apart from using the stupidest method and calculating bit by bit, he really had no better and more accurate plan.

The problem is that it is impossible for him to calculate the problems in the sutra calculation one by one, otherwise the meaning of the sutra calculation will be lost.

He secretly speculated in his mind what method Ye Xuan would use to interpret it.

At this moment, some specialized scribes began to use their own methods to calculate and confirm the results of the movements after Ye Xuan.

Faced with this problem, they actually have a headache, but they can use the stupidest method and cooperate with each other to get the answer in the shortest time.

Others, taking the content written by Ye Xuan, ran outside and conveyed the title and content together.

In front of the blackboard set up outside, there are also people who quickly read the information according to the content.

When they heard Ye Xuan's words and saw this question, people outside were also quite curious about how Ye Xuan would answer it.

And through the reminder from the Imperial College, Ye Xuan also knew that there were people outside waiting to convey the news.

So he did not explain prematurely, but only continued after writing a step.

After a while, a line of formula was written.

There was another round of discussion in the audience, some of which fell into Ye Xuan's ears. Hui Xuan also felt helpless.

After all, these things would not be worth mentioning in future generations.

But here, it is enough to trouble many people and become a lifelong knot.

Soon, the formula was copied repeatedly, and people outside began to speculate on its meaning.

Some of them reacted quickly and had flexible minds, and they were able to make a rough guess.

Some people were at a loss and couldn't think of anything until Ye Xuan sent it to another group.

…………Please give me flowers…………

Ye Xuan himself, after writing the new formula, started to explain directly.

In a moment, the formula had been written, and although the position of the result was empty, many people already knew the answer.

Ye Xuan pointed at the blackboard with a smile and looked at the student who asked the question before.

When the student saw this, he knew what Ye Xuan meant and stood up quickly.

Ye Xuan smiled and said: "The answer to this question is four hens, eighteen hens, and seventy-eight chicks, but this is not the only answer."

The student was startled and realized that the answer seemed to be somewhat different from what he thought, and the corresponding formula was also different.

When he was wondering, someone had already spoken.

"My lord, did you say something wrong?"

Ye Xuan saw that the effect was achieved, so he smiled and said: "It's just a small trick, how could it be wrong? This is just one of the answers. There are actually three answers to this question. As I just said, this is not the only one. What I calculate is a kind of mental calculation. It's another kind.

As he said that, Ye Xuan raised his hand and wrote down two other answers, one of which was exactly what the formula should be.

"Eight chickens, eleven chickens, and eighty-one chicks. Twelve chickens, four chickens, and eighty-four chickens. If you don't believe it, just do some math."

As soon as Ye Xuan finished speaking, he heard the clerk in the distance speaking.

"Sir, we estimate that it is exactly one of them. It is only with the efforts of three or four people like us that we have such an answer. However, your Excellency can come up with three algorithms in such a short period of time. "I admire you!"

With an answer, most people already believe it.

Even the masters in the Imperial College were stunned at this moment, especially Li Wenhua. He was actually proficient in arithmetic, otherwise he would not have been invited to go.

At this moment, he was already calculating silently in his mind. After a while, he discovered that Ye Xuan's algorithm was so accurate.

The most shocking thing is that Ye Xuan's algorithm is as effortless as a dragonfly on water, and it can have three accurate answers, which is really incredible.

Soon, someone else came up with the rest of the calculation, and the classroom was buzzing with excitement. Even the people outside who were reading the transcripts were dumbfounded [and felt a little more admiration for Ye Xuan.

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