![]() ![]() ![]() The shape of the right angle is believed to have been the representation that the root is similar to the angle of the box it was the “root” of the area because it had equal lengths. For example, the Egyptian name for the root was called kenbet, and it looked like a 90 degrees angle, similar to the current root symbol. Since no detailed explanations of the roots were given, anthropologists gathered information about it. It is believed that the Ancient Egyptians had a plate with a root of a few numbers, which was used as a reference. Most of today’s knowledge of Egyptian mathematics comes from papyri written during the 12th dynasty.
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