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Babylonian Mathematics 4 is the length and 5 the diagonal. What is the breadth It's size is not known. 4 times 4 is 16. 5 times 5 is 25. You take 16 from 25 and there remains 9. What times what shall I take in order to get 9 3 times 3 is 9. 3 is the breadth. Sounds like my Trigonometry class, except this teacher was holding class 3900 years ago in Mesopotamia, specifically the city of Harmal ...
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