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Fractions were first used in the Babylonian culture
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The word fraction comes from the Latin word “fractio” meaning to break
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Egyptian used unit fractions.
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Euclid's algorithm used continuous fractions to help solve mathematical equations that contained fractions in the problem.
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Chinese have a system for calculating with fractions
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Indian mathematician, Aryabhata used continued fractions to study and solve linear equations.
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The bar was introudced by the Arabs
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Flemish mathematician Simon Stevin popularizes decimal fractions
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Christiaan Huygens was the first to use continued fractions in a practical application for approximating gear ratios.
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The " / " symbol is used in fractions as in x/y. .
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"The golden age of continued fractions." https://youtu.be/R5HhNmFPLPQ
