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
Lucas Mendes (soccer) Lucas Mendes (soccer) Lucas Mendes (born December 29, 1997) is an American soccer player who currently plays for FC Baltimore in the NPSL. Mendes is usually employed as a winger, but can be used as a striker or a central midfielder. Mendes won Gatorade Player of the Year award for boys' soccer in 2016. The award is a national-recognized award given to the best high school athlete in the nation. Mendes won the award while playing for Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia. Outside of playing for the Washington-Lee Generals boys' soccer team, Mendes also played for the D.C. United