Babylonian Approximation of Square Roots

Author:Moira Chas, Roy Wright

The ancient Babylonians came up with a neat geometrical way to approximate the square root of a number. You can enter a number between 2 and 99 to see how their method works for that number.

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closest unit squares relative to their inclination
Subdivision of a polynomial into triangles.
רישום חופשי
Select n elements randomly form list
Derivative of f(x) = ln(x)

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Quadrilateral Review
trial
bug_parabola
Alex L,Block F
Vertical/Horizontal Stretches/Shrinks
Figure 9.8c Risk and Return

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Curve Sketching
Centroid or Barycenter
Mode
Unit Circle
Similar Triangles