Solving a 3700-Year-Old Babylonian Compound Interest Problem from the Louvre Museum

Solving a 3700-Year-Old Babylonian Compound Interest Problem from the Louvre Museum

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Solving a 3700-Year-Old Babylonian Compound Interest Problem from the Louvre Museum

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  1. 1 0:00 Intro
  2. 2 2:05 The Tablet
  3. 3 3:03 mathshion
  4. 4 3:56 Modern Solution
  5. 5 5:02 Logarithms
  6. 6 8:16 Babylonian Solution
  7. 7 12:07 How it Looked
  8. 8 13:07 Conclusion

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