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Is it true that ancient Egyptians thought that all fractions could be written as unit fractions?
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∙ 11y ago
No.
They thought that all fractions could be expressed as combinations of unit fractions.
They and other ancients may have thought that any fraction could be wretten as a combination of unit fractions, but according to wikipedia they (ancient Egyptians) had special symbols for 2/3 and 3/4 and even had a papyrus used by scribes that listed the equivalents for 2/n, so they did not always write fractions as this combination of unit fractions.
Does your question mean a combination of unit fractions, or as a unit fraction?
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∙ 11y ago
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What has the author Karma written?
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What is the contribution of the Egyptians?
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Who is the founder of fraction?
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What has the author Evzen Strouhal written?
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What has the author John Whittaker written?
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