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... equal size and to draw from each his revenues , by imposing a tax to be levied yearly . But every one from whose part the river tore away anything , had to go to him and notify what had happened ; he then sent the overseers , who had to ...
... equal size and to draw from each his revenues , by imposing a tax to be levied yearly . But every one from whose part the river tore away anything , had to go to him and notify what had happened ; he then sent the overseers , who had to ...
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... equal to one pebble in the column next to the left . The Ahmes papyrus contains interesting information on the way in which the Egyptians employed fractions . Their methods of operation were , of course , radically different THE ...
... equal to one pebble in the column next to the left . The Ahmes papyrus contains interesting information on the way in which the Egyptians employed fractions . Their methods of operation were , of course , radically different THE ...
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... equal to 12. The Egyptians and Greeks , on the other hand , kept the numerators constant , and dealt with variable denominators . Ahmes used the term " fraction " in a restricted sense , for he applied it only to unit - fractions , or ...
... equal to 12. The Egyptians and Greeks , on the other hand , kept the numerators constant , and dealt with variable denominators . Ahmes used the term " fraction " in a restricted sense , for he applied it only to unit - fractions , or ...
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... equal to its own length . The Eudemian Summary ascribes to Thales the invention of the theorems on the equality of vertical angles , the equality of the angles at the base of an isosceles triangle , the bisec- tion of a circle by any ...
... equal to its own length . The Eudemian Summary ascribes to Thales the invention of the theorems on the equality of vertical angles , the equality of the angles at the base of an isosceles triangle , the bisec- tion of a circle by any ...
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