re seventh century a d armenian math problems in article r qn innd n flop engr orst edu koc rize ece orst edu cetin kaya koc writes problem 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 a i thought the implication was that the prince destroyed one fourth of the remaining persian troops on the second round and then of those remaining on the third round this would mean answer a a
