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In what branch of mathematics were the most important contributions of the
Islamic mathematicians? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Algebra
During the period of the Islamic Empire, negative numbers were acceptable
solutions of quadratic equations. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔False
What was the significance of The Book on Addition and Subtraction? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔It explained the use of the Hindu decimal system of
numerals.
What was the FIRST "translation movement?" - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
movement to translate the world's knowledge into Arabic.
In what area did the mathematician, Al-Uqlidisi, make his contributions? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Decimal fractions
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, The mathematician, al-Khwarizmi, used a symbol for zero in his book about
numeration. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔True
The Islamic mathematician, al-Khwarizmi, made his most significant
contributions to which topic in mathematics? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Solving
equations
Which city was the academic and intellectual center of the Islamic Empire
and the home to the House of Wisdom? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Baghdad
To what did "al-Jabr" and "al-Muqabala" refer in the title of al-Khwarizmi's
book? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The operations used during the Islamic Empire to
solve equations.
Which mathematician/poet used geometric methods to solve cubic
equations? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Omar Khayyam
What is zero divided by a negative number? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Zero
What role did the Islamic Empire play in the preservation of Greek
knowledge? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They preserved Greek knowledge by
translating Greek works into Arabic.
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