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According to Egyptian artifacts, how early was the concept of the square root known?
1850 BCE
1700 BCE
400 CE
830 CE
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1700 BCE
Egyptian mathematical papyri (notably the Rhind/Ahmes papyrus, a ca. 1650 BCE copy of earlier work) show procedures for extracting square roots, indicating knowledge around 1700 BCE.
Egyptian mathematical papyri (notably the Rhind/Ahmes papyrus, a ca. 1650 BCE copy of earlier work) show procedures for extracting square roots, indicating knowledge around 1700 BCE.
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