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Babylonians used a base-60 number system. Here is the wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal 8,20
by herodotus 6y ago
Babylonians used a base-60 number system. Here is the wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal
8,20 is 8+20/60 = 8 1/3
- hprotagonist 6y agowe do too. Though these days it’s mostly for time only.
- jonsen 6y ago“...and is still used—in a modified form—for measuring time, angles, and geographic coordinates.”