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What is Arithmetic ? Definition – Operations – Examples

Arithmetic is one of the oldest and elementary branch of mathematics that deals with study of numbers and basic operation on numbers. History of Arithmetic The term arithmetic comes from the ancient Greek word ‘Airthmos’ which means numbers, but people began doing arithmetic long before the Greek. What is Arithmetic? Arithmetic is branch of mathematics […]

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History of Coordinate Geometry

History of Coordinate Geometry The Cartesian system or the rectangular coordinate system was invented in seventeenth century by Rene Descartes, the great French philosopher and mathematician. The coordinate system is also called the Cartesian system. Geometry was well developed to describe the dimension of an object, but it does not describe the position of an object. So, to […]

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