This math problem is one of eighty-five in the Rhind Papyrus, one of the earliest mathematical documents. In ancient Egyptian script, the symbols for addition and subtraction were a pair of legs walking forward or backward in the text.
This math problem is one of eighty-five in the Rhind Papyrus, one of the earliest mathematical documents. In ancient Egyptian script, the symbols for addition and subtraction were a pair of legs walking forward or backward in the text.
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