Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/143 - Lilivati, A.D. 1150

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 * "Lilivati", A.D. $1150$
 * Beautiful maiden, with beaming eyes, tell me which is the number that, multiplied by $3$,
 * then increased by three-fourths of the product,
 * divided by $7$,
 * diminished by one-third of the quotient,
 * multiplied by itself,
 * diminished by $52$,
 * the square root found,
 * addition of $8$,
 * division by $10$,
 * gives the number $2$?