False position method lines on a conic section. A more typical example is this "joint purchase" problem: Now an item is purchased jointly; everyone contributes 8 [coins], the excess is 3; everyone contributes 7, the deficit is 4. Tell: The number of people, the item price, what is each? Answer: 7 people, item price 53. Between the 9th and 10th centuries, the Egyptian mathematician Abu Kamil wrote a now-lost treatise on the use of double false position, known as the "Book of the Two Errors" ("Kitāb al-khaṭāʾayn"). The oldest surviving writing on double false position from the Middle East is that of Qusta
Mark Francis (soccer) as its women’s soccer coach, a position he holds today. Francis has led Kansas to three NCAA Tournaments, and won the Big 12 in 2004. Mark Francis (soccer) Mark Francis (born in London, England) was an English-American soccer midfielder who played in the American Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association, SISL and USISL. He has also coached at the high school, college and professional levels. He is currently the women's head coach of the University of Kansas. Francis attended Southern Methodist University, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1983 to 1987. During his four seasons, he was a three