here is a simple arithmetical puzzle in his own flowery , poetical language . if one - fifth of a hive of bees flew to the badamba flower , one - third flew to the slandbara , 3 times the difference of these two numbers flew to an arbour , and one bee continued to fly about , attracted on each side by the fragrant ketaki and malati , what was the total number of bees ?
b 15 the number of bees was 15
divide(const_1, subtract(const_1, add(add(divide(const_1, add(const_1, const_4)), divide(const_1, const_3)), multiply(subtract(divide(const_1, const_3), divide(const_1, add(const_1, const_4))), 3))))